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From: keepsake@ix.netcom.com (Johnboy )
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Subject: Re: The Noose is Tightening on CoS (was Big Suprise - 79K) (LONG)
Date: 16 Jul 1995 06:59:15 GMT
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jmaass@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Jeffrey Maass) writes:
>
>R. Urban (a#urban@ccmail.ceco.com) wrote:
>: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) wrote:
>: (sniP)
>
>: This is not intended to start a flame war, but you need to have more
>: tolerance for beliefs that are different than your own, particularly
>: those that are shared by minorities. (In case you are wondering, I
was
>: born and raised a Catholic.) And, if we don't protect the religious
>: freedom of the minority, then the religious freedom of the majority
will
>: eventually be jeapordized.
>
>: Regardless of whether or not you agree with your neighbor's choice
of
>: religion, if you are hell bent on destroying it, sooner or later the
rest
>: will suffer like domino's falling.
>
>
>: If you and your gang succeed in getting the IRS to tax minority
>: religions, then that makes me wonder how long it'll be before the
IRS
>: goes after the rest of the religions. The assets alone of the
Catholic
>
>You say that like it's a bad thing!
>
>Sorry, religion is just another business that should be taxed. Doing
>otherwise encourages and supports it, in violation of the
Establishment
>Clause.
>
>Tax them all equally, and the IRS can get out of the business of
defining
>what is a "valid" religion.
The IRS only has to define what a religion is so that they can
determine whether a CORPORATION is operating as a religious
organization. An unincorporated church doesn't need the IRS for
anything.
>
>"Religion: Virtual Reality Without The Computer."
>--
>Jeff Maass NW of Columbus Ohio Amateur Radio
K8ND
>USPSA/IPSC # L-1192 NROI/CRO