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View Poll Results: Should Religions have their tax exempt status revoked?
Yes. It is time they paid like the rest of us. 9 45.00%
Yes, but only for some groups seen to abuse this. 1 5.00%
No. This is a sacred cow. 5 25.00%
No. But perhaps they should pay something. 1 5.00%
Maybe. I think it is time to review the whole thing. 4 20.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-11-2006, 07:14 PM
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Well, what do you think?

I voted, Yes. The free ride is over.
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Old 02-11-2006, 07:15 PM
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Old 02-11-2006, 07:19 PM
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Should Religions have their tax exempt status revoked?
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Old 02-11-2006, 07:28 PM
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Tax exemption is available to all non-profit organizations. If you cast out churches, mosques, and synagogs from them, you will be violating the government's church-state regulations. Religious institutions are constitutionally entitled to equal rights, compared to non-state run secular institutions.

(In the USA anyway)
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Tax exemption is available to all non-profit organizations...
Yup, and I think it should stay that way.

I didn't vote in the poll because I think religious organizations should keep their tax exempt status and that referring to it as a 'sacred cow' is condescending. As I posted on another thread, churches provide a great deal of service to their communities, certainly more than enough to warrant their status.
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Yup, and I think it should stay that way.

I didn't vote in the poll because I think religious organizations should keep their tax exempt status and that referring to it as a 'sacred cow' is condescending. As I posted on another thread, churches provide a great deal of service to their communities, certainly more than enough to warrant their status.
The language of the poll responses was heavily loaded. I would not respond to such a poll.

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As I posted on another thread, churches provide a great deal of service to their communities, certainly more than enough to warrant their status.
So do if we apply this to other institutions Exxon could get out of paying their taxes by planting trees and picking up trash. Just because they do things that help out the community does not mean that they should not have to pay taxes
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