RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
December 11, 2014 at 9:29 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2014 at 9:34 pm by Godscreated.)
(December 11, 2014 at 12:57 pm)Nope Wrote:(December 10, 2014 at 6:55 pm)Godschild Wrote: even businesses have begun to forbid there employees to tell people marry Christmas. That is violating there right to free speech, they have been pushed by the ACLU and it's policies people are now restricted to express there speech and belief. The ACLU's agenda is to silence all eventually, wait and see.
So, you would be fine with prayer in school and all government meetings, I can just hear the screaming from the ACLU and their supporters.
GC
Business are not the government. A business can create rules for its employees that will help the business
For example, it isn't a violation of free speech for a business to create a rule that no one can curse or that their employees must greet customers as they walk in the door. Whether or not a business uses certain phrases, like Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, will depend on what they believe that their customers prefer. Blame capitalism when businesses want their employees to say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas not taxes or the government.
I never said the government nor taxes was the reason a business suppresses the use of Christian language, you are grabbing at straws, desperate to get out of an argument you want win. Once the Christian community started going shopping else where they decided their employees could say Merry Christmas. It had nothing to do with what their customers preferred, it came down to money and the fact that management doesn't like the word Christmas, they do like our money though.
GC
(December 11, 2014 at 1:00 pm)Tonus Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 12:30 pm)Godschild Wrote: All religions that are taxed would be able to display there religious symbols and creeds on public property, they would be able to carry out prayer in local government as part of their proceedings.If they paid for it, sure. It would be like any other sponsorship, and various denominations could compete for the best spots to display their icons and sacred texts. I mean, the local City Hall doesn't put up posters of the latest Mazda sedan just because the dealership pays taxes, after all.
Can't advertise in city hall, businesses would over whelm city hall with adds, churches couldn't put up adds either, however the Ten Commandments wouldn't be off limits.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.