Ross Sauer -> Bob Ackley wrote:
 RS> "Bob Ackley -> Ed Hulett"  wrote in
 RS> news:10695$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 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 hospitals and schools - and then only for those activities
 BA>> directly 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.

 RS> US churches have taken the religious tax exemption and drove it into the
 RS> sewer.

Really? How so?

 RS> The IRS only gets involved in the most egregious cases, and even then they
 RS> back off of stiffer penalties against religions.

Really? Do you have some cites?

 RS> They also caved in to political and personal pressure by giving that
 RS> exemption to the Scientologists.

Uh... you best check you facts.

Ed

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