Churches that provide service to the underprivileged should receive tax exempt
status and for income before service they should receive a tax bill like the rest of
us.
As for being involved in politics? I say yes, left and right, Churches, Unions and
other activist groups are part of the democratic process and as such are part of
our society and like any other group they should be able to express their opinion.
As many know I am not particularly happy with the positions most of them take
but I agree they should have a right to speak out.
I have to disagree completely.
Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows people to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination.
If you notice in the definition it talks about people & citizens, not churches, unions or corporations. These phony legal entities have
NO place in a democracy. Democracy is about individuals. The bastardized version we have today is nothing like what it really should be. Over years the politicians have pimped themselves out to these organizations that care nothing for the citizen and seek to advance their own agenda giving us this undemocratic system. What first needs to be recognized is the difference between a person and a 'fictional legal entity' such as a church or corporation. Basically if it doesn't breathe and doesn't bleed it is not an individual citizen and under every constitution I know has no rights in government. The fact that we allow these entities to have rights and allow our politicians to pass unconstitutional laws giving these entities right is appalling to me. You want to complain about the financial crisis? Look to yourself for not standing up to government and forcing these entities out of our governmental system. You want to complain about selling off our resources? Look at yourself for letting the government subvert democracy.
Until we get every entity that is not an individual citizen and every dollar not from an individual citizen out of our government we will never have a democracy as it should be.
On another note...5 big reds today and all of them from....well you know who they are from...
