RE: Church forcing State involvement?
April 15, 2019 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2019 at 9:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 15, 2019 at 6:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: In a sense, by not paying taxes, churches are indeed paying their 'fair share' - they are paying what the law requires. Atheists may not like it (I certainly don't), but they aren't doing anything illegal or unfair: they are paying what the law requires. That it happens to be nothing (in most cases) doesn't make it unfair.
Would you extend that restriction to people who don't make enough money to pay taxes in the first place? If you get a tax refund, should that curtail your legal rights?
Boru
Not quite the case in the US. That tax status comes with strings attached, and american churches routinely break their end of the agreement. As the majority of churches operate, they disqualify themselves. It's just not something that there's any political will to push.
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