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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (148331)	10/20/2004 2:23:55 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Let me ask you something. Do you think that the NAACP has the right to reserve the position of national director to an African- American? Do you think that the Girl Scouts have the right to hire only women for camp counselors? Do you think that there is ever rational discrimination based on the character of the organization or the particularities of the job?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (148331)	10/20/2004 7:37:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT Absolutely. No question. If a church is not willing to abide by public law, it should not accept public money. Or other public benefits, such as tax exemption, which is effectively a subsidy. I maybe could agree about the public funds, but not about the tax exception. Removing the tax exemption would actually be reducing the separation of church and state as it would be getting the state much more involved in the church's business, esp with the complex and inventive ladden tax codes we have today. The power to tax is the power to destroy. Tim