Porky: << Seems to me like there are some mean spirited ones among the critics who just want to have a 'Christian bash'? >>

Seems to me that there are some mean spirited homophobes among the Christians who just want to have a 'poofter bash'.

The preferential tax treatment these cults get may not last too long - tax exemptions for the whole not-for-profit sector are about to undergo a major National review. Hopefully, openly discriminatory outfits like Porky's Brethren will lose their preferential status.

Polly's carp:

1. No INDIVIDUAL benefits from religious tax exemption - that's correct - just that the entire organisation holds huge profits and valuable properties that NEVER EVER flows on to benefit the charitable sections.

2. Adventure Resorts
-Apex
-Rotary
-Lions

Are all "altruistic community organizations"

Question, Polly, have any of the above refused access/services to people based on their sexual orientation?

If they have, then they also forfeit tax exempt status.

The point of tax exemption is to facilitate charities, not provide organisations with huge financial gains at MY and other tax payers expense AND (further salt in wound) discriminate against people based on a load of tripe written 2000 years ago.

"Hopefully, openly discriminatory outfits like Porky's Brethren will lose their preferential status."
Well said, CJ.

Homophobes threaten human rights.

Homophobes need psychiatric treatment because homophobia is an irrational aversion to homosexuality.

"Some mental health practitioners are seeking to study whether pathological bias, such as severe racism or homophobia, constitutes a mental illness."
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/12/12/racism-homophobia-are-mental-illness/

Don't expect me to applaud when this homophobic lot go on missions to ride their hobby horses around the world.

Polycarp: "Gays don't want hetero's or lesbians in their bar."
Re-read my previous post. Gay bars are not tax-exempt.

If your adventure camp accepts tax exempt status then you should not discriminate against a group of tax payers.

And you still haven't provided me with an answer as to why you cherry-pick the homophobic bits from the bible but ignore others.
For example, why do you ignore the parts where Jesus says that parents should kill disobedient children and that bosses should beat their servants?
Why do you single out homosexuality from the text and ignore other texts?