Why should anyone get a free ride? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious
> But what's so different with that an a next door shop or shoe repair > place. Their support structure may be the same, but do not have the > fallback of no property taxes. > > What I dislike are those huge mega-churches that have 5, 10, or 20 > thousand members. The church puts up a very large building, typically > more than one, get all the infrastructure support, but pays nothing > for it. At the same time the neighbourhood suffers from vastly > increased traffic, na d the congestion and additional pollution etc. > Essentially that church is getting a free ride on the backs of its > neighbours. > > larry > > > >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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
