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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Tax the Church
- Message-ID: <1993Jan02.130632.24844@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 13:06:32 GMT
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- Paul Ciszek (pciszek@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- : Didn't O'Hare seek some sort of legal action against some Apollo astronauts
- : for praying on a publically funded spacecraft? (Like three guys millions of
- : miles from earth in a machine built by the lowest bidder should be denied the
- : right to call on the deity of their choice!)
-
- Cite please.
-
- : As for other fanatical atheists, here in Colorado we have folks who fight
- : any sort of publically visible (as opposed to publically funded) religious
- : symbols-- crosses on the outside of churches, highway signs saying "Mother
- : Cabrini Shrine", displays on private property, and so forth. At the
- : Colorado People's Fair there was a group advocating taxation of religions
- : but not other non-profit organizations. Followers of alternative religions
- : should take note of this last-- if it came into practice, either YOUR
- : religion would be taxed, or if it wasn't, this would constitute government
- : sanctioned religious discrimination.
-
- I'm in full agreement. I find it appalling that more and more property gets
- bought up by religious organizations and taken off the tax rolls. The general
- tax exemption for religious organizations must be abolished. For all the
- "Followers of alternative religions", yes this means your religion would be
- taxed on its income and property also.
-
- I can accept tax exemption for non-profit organizations that directly help the
- poor through food, clothing and housing grants; and a tax deduction or
- exemption for the money donated to directly fund those organizations (i.e.
- exempt the money United Way gives to other organizations, but tax the portion
- used for administration costs).
- --
- Mike McAngus |You are a fluke of the Universe. You have no
- mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org |right to be here, and whether you can hear it
- The Truth is still the Truth |or not the Universe is laughing behind your
- Even if you choose to ignore it.|back. -- National Lampoon, Deteriorata
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