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Thread #67332 Message #1126130
Posted By: Peace
29-Feb-04 - 12:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: the constitution
Subject: RE: BS: the constitution
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The Falwell organization also does not subscribe to the Evangelical Council for Financial Responsibility, and it does not comply with the Better Business Bureau standards for charitable organizations that solicit funds. In l979, income raised by Falwell`s television program was $35 million, while its operating costs for direct-mail appeals, promotion, and administration -- including maintaining Falwell`s 12-room house and his private Westwind II jet - amounted to $26 million. And there have been some disquieting differences between what Falwell said was happening and what was actually going on. For instance, in l980 Falwell refused to pay $67,000 in taxes on land which was not tax-exempt. One of the officers of "The Old Time Gospel Hour" told reporters at the time that the church owned no property not "involved in the ministry of the gospel of Jesus Christ," when in fact it was leasing space to a supermarket, a gift shop, and a restaurant-bar in the shopping plaza which contained its offices.20.