Bob Ackley -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 BA> Replying to a message of Ed Hulett to Ross Sauer:

 EH>> Ross Sauer -> All wrote:
 RS>>> Now only if the US's IRS would show some guts and do the
 RS>>> same to the "Jesus is republican" churches.

 EH>> You are an idiot.

 RS>>> Canadian IRS Strips Church of Charitable Status Because of
 RS>>> Political Advocacy Activites

 BA> Actually *ALL* churches (Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and
 BA> Mormon) should
 BA> not be tax exempt.  The only exception(s) I would make would be for
 BA> church run
 BA> hospitals and schools - and then only for those activities directly
 BA> related to those
 BA> hospitals and schools.

 BA> Hospitals perform a valuable public function, and church-run schools
 BA> take some of the
 BA> load off of the public school system.

Thank you for your input.

Ed

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