(December 10, 2014 at 5:59 pm)Godschild Wrote:(December 10, 2014 at 6:32 am)Pablo Wrote: Why should a church not be held accountable?
Simply because they're a religious organization?
That's the definition of special pleading.
Churches are not sacred, holy, devine, or any other bs label you wanna hang on Them.
The Catholic church alone is a multi-billion dollar organization. Their corporate headquarters The Vatican, is a sovereign state. They're probably the most corrupt company on Earth, and you think we should give them special privileges and tax breaks?
We can't tax the Vatican, it's recognized by the world as a sovereign state, as you said.
Like I said earlier tax the church and then watch us gain access to schools and courts and all other government that we see fit to. You can't have your cake and it it too.
GC
The only change in for religious institutions that pay taxes would be that their pastors could urge voters from the pulpit. That is it.
Kids can pray in school but teachers can't lead prayers. That would not change because the government would still not be allowed to favor one religion over the other. You have access to the court and government now. No one is preventing religious people from voting. What extra right would paying taxes give a religious institution?
