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In reply to the discussion: Dolan: White House is "strangling" Catholic church [View all]elzenmahn
(904 posts)5. Yet another reason why I stopped going to Catholic Churches on a regular basis...
...the good Cardinal, in this and many other examples, is and has been a tool for the Republicans.
Didn't he also lend support for the Ryan budget (when the rest of the Church leadership, good for them, told Paul Ryan where he can take his God-Damned budget plan)?
A few well-placed calls to the IRS might be in order - I sense that a revocation of tax-exempt status would be appropriate.
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These are not even restrictions on church activity, they're rules of employment.
SunSeeker
May 2012
#14
Yet another reason why I stopped going to Catholic Churches on a regular basis...
elzenmahn
May 2012
#5
saw that and the interview where the church is threatening not to feed the poor
maddezmom
May 2012
#56
A (exceedingly stupid) Catholic fundy I know said they would just stop employing people.
2ndAmForComputers
May 2012
#50
I was raised Catholic and married an Episcopalian. Neither of us practice though!
glinda
May 2012
#33
Churches and other religious entities should never have been exempt from taxes.....
Swede Atlanta
May 2012
#42
I have never understood how the exemptions don't violate the establishment clause.
patrice
May 2012
#48
Oh, please! If you're going to take taxpayer money, then you have to accept the strings that
IndyJones
May 2012
#52