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Australia May Lose Funding for Secular Student Welfare Officers

Under new policy guidelines, 500 of Australia's school chaplains may not have their positions federally funded. The new rules state that all student welfare officers must possess "religious qualifications or endorsements by a recognised or accepted religious institution", potentially barring employment [...]

SECULAR RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT FROM THE PULPIT

Congress has recently seen proposals that would permit religious organizations to endorse political candidates while receiving 501(c)(3) benefits. IRS rules prohibit partisan politicking by any organization ÔÇô religious or secular ÔÇô that receives tax exemptions under 501(c)(3). Churches, like secular [...]

SECULAR RECOMMENDATIONS ON TAX LOOPHOLES FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

Total charitable contributions by individuals, foundations, bequests, and corporations reached $298.42 billion in 2011, with religious organizations receiving the largest share ÔÇô thirty-two percent ÔÇô of total estimated contributions. Holding religious organizations to the same filing standards as other charitable [...]

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