U.S. Sues Quaker Group Over Unpaid Taxes

[baldguy]

snip The IRS upped the ante in the ongoing dispute Tuesday when it sued her employer for refusing to garnish her wages. It wants to lodge a 50 percent penalty — more than $21,000 — against the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, a regional Quaker organization.


"That would be a hefty price for what we believe is right," said Gretchen Castle, a leader with the group. "I think that there are other ways the government can do it that are more friendly, more supportive of our faith."

more:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=15&u=/ap/20030725/ap_on_re_us/war_tax_resistance_3

Apparently, religious convictions only count for this misAdministration with blood-thirsty right-wing fundie zealotry.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Bush would love to have Quakers

just go away. Didn't I hear that CO tried to call the Friends Committee a terrorist organization? And look what they did to those nuns who protested at a missle site-locked them up in prison for painting a cross on the silo lid with their own blood! At least the terms were light, and not 30 years, though I was surprised. I'm sure Bush is scared *less of 60 year old religious activists that preach peace and tolerance instead of right-wing hate.

[umcwb]

2. Kick, n/t

[UpInArms]

3. see - this is what I think

the religious right should be thinking about -