[89609] in Cypherpunks
Re: Taxing Churches for their views? Bad idea.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (snow)
Fri Nov 7 02:06:50 1997
To: tcmay@got.net (Tim May)
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 00:45:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <v03102805b085a65a1f91@[207.167.93.63]> from "Tim May" at Nov 4, 97 09:35:22 pm
Reply-To: "snow" <snow@smoke.suba.com>
> At 9:58 PM -0700 11/4/97, Eric Cordian wrote:
> See my other post on this topic. The Christian *LEFT* has been active for
> several decades in opposing U.S. involvement in wars, in aiding and
> abetting draft dodgers, in supporting Marxist regimes in Latin America, in
> establishing the Sanctuary Movement, in sabotaging ICBM production
> facilities, and in urging churchgoers to vote the agenda being pushed.
> So?
> Tax all churches or tax no churches, but don't give government the power to
> decide if a religion is "worthy" of special tax treatment.
While I agree with some of your points, I would think that a clear line can
be drawn between Religions as expressed in organized churches, and religously
oriented political organizations. Raplh Reed & Crew have distinctly different
characteristics than does Da Pope.
I don't believe that the churches religious activities should be taxed or
regualted, however their commercial enterprises should be taxed like every other
corporation.
