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Pastimes : Why do Christians want to control the world? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (323)	9/22/1999 1:52:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 424

TP, I think you are way off base in your position re: churches paying taxes. Here's an example of where your logic goes: How about Grange Halls? Do you feel those also should pay commercial property taxes? Do you know what a Grange Hall is? There are many of those in my County. I live in a county in Washington State, bordering a 1 million-persons metropolitan area. A Grange Hall, for the uninitiated, is simply a community building where people of the community can gather on occasion, for any event that they wish to gather together for. A Grange Hall is non-profit (like a church), and the ones around here are cash-poor (like a lot of churches). But that's the way Grange Halls are supposed to be. The community people who operate them don't want to ask for more money from the community people than the Grange needs to fulfill it's purpose. They augment their existence by renting out the building to groups for special events; For example, my Dad's family and their offspring (i.e. my paternal aunts & uncles, and my cousins and their kids) have always held our Thanksgiving gathering at one of the local granges. If you are for taxing churches, then your logic would send you to tax community Grange Halls also. Remember that America was built, and continues to derive much strength from the desire of community people to support each other by being together. You should be ashamed for wanting to tax the desire of community people to gather together.