Exemptions in trouble

The United Methodist Church Board of Church and Society, the denomination’s social witness agency, is raising alarms about a provision passed by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee.

The provision would enable the U.S. Treasury secretary to label any nonprofit a “terrorist-supporting organization” and unilaterally strip it of its tax-exempt status. Under the measure, the agency says, “any administration — Republican or Democratic — could punish and shut down nonprofit organizations that don’t agree with that administration’s agenda or policies.”

Call on your representatives and senators to oppose the inclusion of a provision in the budget reconciliation package that would embolden the current administration to dismantle tax-exempt organizations they disagree with.

A.F. Benson

Aurora