A House Democrat suggests stripping the Catholic Church Of its tax-exempt status if President Joe Biden is denied Communion over his pro-abortion views.
Rep. Jared Huffman, a democrat from California accused the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops of politically weaponizing religion by voting to draft a document that could result in a rebuke of pro-abortion Catholic politicians and suggested punishing them by stripping the Catholic Church of its tax-exempt status.
Huffman tweeted — “If they’re going to politically weaponize religion by ‘rebuking’ Democrats who support women’s reproductive choice, then a ‘rebuke’ of their tax-exempt status may be in order.”
Huffman, who co-chairs of the Congressional Freethought Caucus with Rep. Jamie Raskin, has been an outspoken opponent of religious influence in government.
Huffman’s tweet was in response to a statement last week from 60 Catholic House Democrats warning the USCCB against what they described as “weaponizing” the Eucharist. The USCCB on Friday overwhelmingly voted in favor of drafting a document that could lead to a rebuke of publicly pro-abortion Catholic politicians such as President Joe Biden. The document, which will be made public at a later date, will advise bishops how to best enforce the guidelines regarding the reception of Holy Communion.
According to the Code of Cannon Law, those who are “obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.”