I'm not so sure about that. There has to be a limit. When your thinking of taxing religious property, your usually thinking of the church. A single, monolithic organization with huge financial holdings. Your not thinking of the little synagogues that dot Brooklyn who's only financial support are its members.
> I'm all for taxing all religious properties. A few years ago Jerry > Falwell tried to claim that a travel agency he owned was a church > endeavor and therefore should not be taxed. I've been watching this > mega-church go up at this one intersection nearby. The road its on > and the surrounding area cannot really support that much traffic that > this thing will generate. Unfortunately the county board of > supervisors completely caved in on this one > > larry > > >we really should start taxing the land holdings of the catholic church :) We > >could wipe out the federal budget deficet easy > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:09 PM > >Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious > > > > > >> At the same time its been the Christian fundamentalists who've been > >> whining that they've been discriminated against, while all the time > >> demanding that they get special exemptions so that they can > >> discriminate against other groups. > >> > >> larry > >> > >> >Matthew Small wrote: > >> > > >> >>I'm not upset, I just want the respect that every other lifestyle seems > >> >>to enjoy. It seems like bashing Christians for their faith is ok these > >> >>days. > >> >> > >> >I try not to limit it just to Christians! :) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
