RE: Atheist politician from Nebraska to churches: PAY YOUR TAXES
January 24, 2014 at 6:15 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2014 at 6:17 pm by Ryantology.)
(January 24, 2014 at 5:48 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Not making churches pay taxes is part of what the separation of church and state is about. Of course keeping religion out of schools is also what it's supposed to be about, and we know how well that went.
I disagree. The separation idea is designed to keep one entity from influencing the direction or outright attempting to usurp the other. Making churches pay taxes to pay for the public services of which they all take advantage doesn't violate this. It's much less a violation of the idea than is the practice of churches directing people to vote a certain way.
Churches that do interfere with the political process deserve none of the benefits of that separation.
(January 24, 2014 at 6:07 pm)FlyingNarwhal Wrote: I don't have high hopes for this at all. Atheist or not, he's still a politician. And you can always count on a politician to bend when their reelection is threatened.
Well, it's certainly symbolic. There's no way in hell Nebraska's going to go for this.
Quote:Buckle down fellow atheists, this'll be a tough one. Christians still get mad about taking Christmas out of schools, can you imagine how mad they're gonna get when we start trying to make their churches pay taxes?
I can. The thing is, I just don't give a shit.
