Just for argument's sake, how is a church any different than any non-religious shelter or support organization that survives by contributions and that are taxed or heck, _any_ business that is supported by its members (customers)?
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:11 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious > > > 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
