I have a radical idea for dealing with the Catholic church.
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Sun Apr-25-10 08:52 PM
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I have a radical idea for dealing with the Catholic church.
The IRS revokes their tax-exempt status until we see REAL efforts to weed out the perverts, and the hierarchy that covers up for the perverts. That includes Pope Rat The 1rst.
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Sun Apr-25-10 08:58 PM
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1. You think the Vatican would care? Pope Benedict has already said that
Edited on Sun Apr-25-10 08:59 PM by pnwmom
a smaller, more orthodox, church might be preferred.
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Sun Apr-25-10 09:04 PM
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2. Jesse ventura suggested using RICO laws.
This was a fancy pants gangster conspiracy against children and their families.
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Sun Apr-25-10 09:12 PM
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3. Jesse Ventura is an idiot. n/t
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:49 PM
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7. Agree. Sad thing is he still would have made a better president than W. nt
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:55 PM
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8. Anyone on my block would have made a better President than W. n/t
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:16 PM
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4. Revoke ALL churches' tax exempt status.
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:32 PM
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5. that would be devastating
to small liberal denominations like Unitarian Universalists and Quakers. It would wipe them out, in fact. That's not in anyone's best interest.
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:45 PM
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6. Too bad. Let them support their own delusions.
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:56 PM
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9. It's a key factor in how the Supreme Court has always interpreted freedom of religion.
Being taxed would be seen as an encroachment by the State.
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Sun Apr-25-10 10:59 PM
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10. WHy not just do that for all organizations thats main purpose isn't charity
Why keep any church, that doesn't give at least 51% of its funds to help humanity tax free?
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Mon Apr-26-10 12:33 AM
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15. Because the Constitution protects the free exercise of religion and the Supreme Court
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has always interpreted that to mean no taxation for religious activities.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:09 PM
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11. Why do you think anyone would support this?
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:53 PM
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12. Be one helluva incentive.
For "His Holiness" to clean out the rot.
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Mon Apr-26-10 12:03 AM
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13. But no one will support it.
The US has a huge RC population. What politician is going to propose such a thing? Catholics would be outraged. And other churches will instantly back the Vatican, because they know they'll be next on the list.
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Mon Apr-26-10 12:32 AM
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14. And the strong support of Catholics helped put Obama into office. n/t
Edited on Mon Apr-26-10 12:32 AM by pnwmom
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Mon Apr-26-10 12:37 AM
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16. Sure did. And they defied the church to do it.
So they'd have a fit if anything like that was proposed.
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Mon Apr-26-10 03:21 AM
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17. No Cults Should Be Tax Exempt
That includes the catholic church, and all other chrisitian denominations.
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