O'Rourke says church agast gay marriage should lose tax benefs, draws backlash

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• WHY BETO O'ROURKE'S GAY MARRIAGE IA LLAPS UNR SCTY
• O'ROURKE SAYS CHURCH AGAST GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD LOSE TAX BENEFS, DRAWS BACKLASH
• WHY BETO O'ROURKE'S GAY MARRIAGE IA LLAPS UNR SCTY

WHY BETO O'ROURKE'S GAY MARRIAGE IA LLAPS UNR SCTY

Any relig group that do not support gay marriage should not be tax exempt, Democratic printial ndidate Beto O'Rourke argued Thursday night. Whatever one thks about gay marriage — and tax exemptns for relig stutns, for that matter — this is a bad ia.

If all the relig nonprofs wh doctral opposn to gay marriage lose their tax exemptns, vulnerable people will suffer as a rult. In fact, would almost certaly do tangible harm to some of the very gay Amerins whom O'Rourke purports to protect.

O'ROURKE SAYS CHURCH AGAST GAY MARRIAGE SHOULD LOSE TAX BENEFS, DRAWS BACKLASH

Is Beto O’Rourke Gay? No, Beto O’Rourke isn’t gay. Senate nomee Beto O’Rourke ma a claim about gay rints beg kept om adoptg children need.

29, 2018: "In this state, wh 30, 000 kids the foster re system —a foster re system so unr-rourced that recently kids were sleepg on top of or unrneath the sks CPS (Child Protective Servic) offic— this state, they say that unr the guise of relig liberty that you n be too gay to adopt one of those children who needs a lovg home.

We wonred: Can a Texan be "too gay" to adopt a child foster re?

WHY BETO O'ROURKE'S GAY MARRIAGE IA LLAPS UNR SCTY

" In this se, that would mean that a social service group that arrang adoptns uld refe to allow a gay uple to adopt a child through that group. Crics of the measure say that gay Texans are beg refed adoptn opportuni. Backers of the legislatn and a state agency say the law do not keep any qualified adults, cludg gay rints, om adoptg.

In Texas Hoe bate on the measure May 2017, the Texas Tribune reported, Democratic legislators warned that the plan would give groups license to discrimate agast gay — or Jewish or divorced — parents who want to foster or adopt.

Still, he said, if "you were to ask a provir like Catholic Chari if beg jt a ltle b gay is OK wh them, you’d learn that they thk that ‘any gay’ is ‘too gay’ when to workg wh prospective adoptive parents. "For some licensed provirs Texas, cludg Catholic Chari, you n be too gay to adopt a foster child, " Smh wrote.