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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:27 PM Original message |
Catholic pastors directed to distribute anti-health reform materials at mass |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Separation of church and state!! Eliminate all tax exemptions for religious groups!!! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Anything Obama says that they don't like is "Socialist." |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Sadly...some of these religious fanatics are playing right into their hands... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. As if the church would ever LIE to them! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Riiiiiiiiiiiight..... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Since churches of all denominations seem to own huge land parcels in |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It is AMAZING and horrifying how much real estate the churches own. They should all be taxed |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. A Corrupt Criminal enterprise out of control |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. I don't think this violates their tax exemption status |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. It doesn't |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
67. And that would be ok if they did it across the board |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. If they want to play, Make 'em pay. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. this one of those |
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AmandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. you are so right |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. To which laws on the books are you referrring ? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Um, they already do fully participate. AFIK, the only thing they cannot do |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. They do fully engage. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Tax 'em. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. 100% agree!!!!! |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. For what exactly |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. The poster seems to be proposing that the tax exemption for all churches be eliminated. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
73. Oh, yes it does. Tax em. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Actually it doesn't |
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fl_dem (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
65. I agree...................if the church wants in the state, |
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jeremyfive (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thank God for Martin Luther |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. No, we cannot discriminate. Tax them all. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Recommend |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Tax their asses now! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Even better, tax their assets. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. :D Exactly! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
53. LOL! |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. The leaflet takes aim at "elective" abortions |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's a war, folks. |
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xc8mip (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:23 PM Original message |
war with Enemies of scraped fetus? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. It has nothing to do with the sanctity of human life. |
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xc8mip (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Belief in sanctity of human life |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. how many of those unwanted kids come from CATHOLICS forbidden to use contraception? |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Most of us don't like being lectured. |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 03:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Yep... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sanctity of human life? A fetus, sure. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Sorry, God only loves humans while they're still in the womb. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. I'd like all churches to be taxed. To be perfectly fair, however, I believe |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. That's a fair point, No Elephants. |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
82. yes, it's glaringly obvious this is NOT about 'sanctity' of life |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. War with the enemies of America -- which is EXPLICITLY NOT a Christian nation |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. The immorality of the hierarchy knows no bounds. |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. My guess is that all these Church owned |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. When all else fails |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. wow they want dead people AND I thought they were anti abortion to get a lot of little catholics n/t |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Just so long as the Pope is happy - I guess that makes it ok... nt. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Founders Greatest fear . . . "god" politics . . . |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Tax their asses back to Kingdom Come! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Most Catholics support the right to choose and the use of birth control! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. You're conflating Catholics with the Catholic Church. It is the Church that gets the tax |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. So I guess the 45,000 who die every year due to lack of health care don't matter to them? |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. eating from the tree of knowledge? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Man, if the christian god actually existed, I'd tell hm to go fuck himself. |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. yikes!! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Hey, blasphemy is a victimless crime. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not happening in my parish. The diocese is taking a more |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. That's pretty good. n/t |
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Release The Hounds (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. Same here. This anti-HCR is new to me. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. The comment above is right: These guys ARE the enemy |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Saw someone's Facebook status, that they were going to see what Christians should think about reform |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
38. the church doesn't want any reform cutting in on their 'action' |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. Let's start taxing religion . . . |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. I would not exempt the church and the land on which it stands. That is the place |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. yeah! let them all die! christianity rock! n/t |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
43. Tax exempt? Not anymore. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
44. they should be losing their tax-exempt status- but it won't happen. |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
71. What rules did they break? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
59. I guess the letters of Paul are the only ones the Church takes to heart. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
62. It's time to stop giving federal money to Catholic Health Care clinics and hospitals |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I don't appreciate the name calling |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
66. Our leadership is too cowardly to even corral Lieberman. They won't take on |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
68. You knew it had to be about the one track obsession with abortion |
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kaehele (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. and the church pays no taxes. n/t |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
72. whereas they do very nice things (gave homeless a bus ticket to a new home far away), the Catholic |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
74. I'll get my wife to get one of the leaflets if it is done at our parish. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
75. I wish the Priests would AGAIN get back to focusing on helping the Poor and Disenfranchised instead |
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Dramarama (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
78. Vatican disagrees with these guys |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
83. With the flood of so many leaving the Catholic Church... |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-07-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
84. Time to tax the churches |
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