Fr. Mark Hodges
PORTLAND, Oregon, December 15, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A pro-life Christian is taking a stand against government-forced complicity in abortion by refusing to pay taxes until the government stops promoting the “murder of babies” with his income taxes.
Michael Bowman, 53, says that the free exercise of his sincerely held beliefs prohibits him from participating in any way with what he calls “child killing.”
Bowman has been charged with tax evasion. He maintains that he has not broken any laws.
“I don’t believe I have broken any laws as I have a duty (and right) to protect my conscience and to ‘practice’ religion freely,” he wrote in a declaration filed in court. “
“A woman has the right to choose but apparently the prosecutor feels I do not have a right to choose,” he told the Portland federal court.
Bowman, a self-employed computer software developer, has claimed a conscientious objection to funding abortions since 1997. He has asked both state and federal authorities to exempt him from the portion of taxes that support abortion.
The government issued liens, garnished his bank account (until he began cashing his checks instead of depositing them), and finally
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