his gospel in spite

The only reason this story is on all the wires is because of the media bias against Christianity. The underlying message is that Gibson, an open Christian, is a hypocrite, and is greedy, and is deceitful, and since he's so sinful, his religious beliefs are also wrong.

Three avenues to consider:
* Gibson has a non-sinful reason for wanting to qualify for farm status. There must be non-taxbreak perks here. I mean, what's $10,000 to someone who has millions?
* Gibson's money people handled the issue and Gibson doesn't pay attention to little details like this one. He must have lots of folks who care for his finances; it's not like he prepares his own taxes and is looking for a break.
* Gibson is sinful. Guess what? We've known that prior and during and after the release of the Passion. That neither takes away from or changes the Message.

A note for the media: no press release or scoop or press award saves you from your sarcasm and spite and hatred before the throne of God.