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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
I'd like to see Churches pay taxes.
I'd like that a lot.
I figure they are here by our good graces and not the other way around. In other words - they owe us.
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They have pretty darn free reign here. If I was making the laws, they'd pay for the privilege of enriching themselves and indoctrinating our citizens. I mean, wtf...
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Not going anywhere. I think churches should pay taxes. That's it.
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Couldn't agree more. "Congress shall make no law establishing a national religion ..." Well, tax-exempt status sounds to me like a way for the government to decide what is and isn't a religion. This sounds like it's dangerously close to violating that bit of the constitution.
I'd also like to add that I find the concept of religious schools unnerving. I see how brainwashed the average student is after 13 years of education here, I'd hate to think what would happen if Religion/mass/mandatory prayer were added to the cirriculum. I think Art may have been the one from who I heard the phrase: "A mind is a terrible thing to indoctrinate."