Archdiocese defends decision to deny children because of lesbian parents - CNN.com
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Point taken Barrett and I agree with you on principle, but doesn’t the church, being a religious institution, receive a tax exemption? If so, then they’re riding on the backs of the community, a portion of which are the hard working people whose children they’re exempting. They want to discriminate based on their beliefs; like you said, fine, they’re assholes and have that right. But not on my dime.
They may - in this case I don’t know one way or another whether the school does or not, or whether the church funds the school through donations to the church, or whether the school only uses tuition. That being said, I also know that there are many things my tax dollars go to where I don’t get a say - Iraq, war on drugs, enforcing laws I don’t agree with, Halliburton, etc. I also don’t agree with tax exemptions for religious institutions, for several very obvious reasons. While in a perfect world I would be able to say what my tax dollars went towards, or pick and choose which tax dollars I “agree” with, I don’t see a feasible way in which to accomplish this.
It’s imperfect, I agree, but I also can’t suggest a better fashion in which to handle it.
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The church get tax credits, yes, but not the schools. The schools are privately run and paid for in the form of tuition...
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They may - in this case I don’t know one way or another whether the school does or not, or whether the church funds the...
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Point taken Barrett...agree with you on principle,
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