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From: tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: "Tax Supported" Churches.
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 03:57:09 EDT
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Look, the issue here is very simple.

Does it cost the government money to fight fires, maintain the streets,
patrol neighborhoods to discourage blatant criminality, and pick up the
garbage?  Obviously it does.

Do churches benefit from these services to the same extent secular
organizations do?  Obviously they do.

Do churches pay for them?  Obviously they don't.

Do secular organizations pay for them?  Obviously they do.

Are churches being supported by the taxes paid by secular organizations?
Obviously they are.
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Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University, Networking
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