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Originally Posted by Pie
What you choose believe or not believe is not my concern. Why your 'club' should be tax-exempt? That's a much harder question.
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Churches, schools, and charities, along with amateur sports leagues, labor unions, farm associations and active members of the US armed forces do not pay taxes. Big Oil also often gets tax breaks. Write your congressman and good luck.
It has always been my understanding that the tax exemption for churches is part of the seperation between church and state. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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The services you provide are for your members only. Or are you bound by laws of public accommodation?
I thought not.
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Think some more. Battered women are given a place in our shelter and no one asks what if anything they believe in. People who show up at the soup kitchen do not have to be card carrying Methodists or anything else. We mainly ask that they do not be so drunk as to be disruptive.
It really is a shame that so many otherwise intelligent people are so mis-informed.