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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-08 02:05 AM
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2. There are only a few things that I would celebrate more than having all churches in this
country lose their tax exempt status....

Too many of them are multimillion dollar businesses who use religion to gain political power...as the Church did in the Middle Ages in Italy.

There is no reason why they should not pay taxes on the property they own, and in some cases, make huge incomes from.
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