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WOW! Good questions, all! Dougie - care to answer why you should be provided services for free? Seeing how you don't pay taxes or anything.....inquiring minds want to know.<br><br>J :]<br><br><br>> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:10:36 -0800<br>> From: kmmos1@verizon.net<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Banned From Church<br>> <br>> On Saturday 19 January 2008 09:48, Tom Hansen wrote:<br>> > Cops arrest and handcuff little old lady banned from church because she<br>> > didn't like the pastor.<br>> <snip><br>> > On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at<br>> > Allen Baptist Church in southwestern Michigan, Pastor Jason Burrick <br>> > grabbed his cellphone and dialed 911. When a dispatcher answered, the <br>> > preacher said a former congregant was in the sanctuary. "And we need to, <br>> > um, have her out A.S.A.P."<br>> > <br>> > Half an hour later, 71-year-old Karolyn Caskey, a church member for nearly<br>> > 50 years who had taught Sunday school and regularly donated 10% of her<br>> > pension, was led out by a state trooper and a county sheriff's officer. <br>> > One held her purse and Bible. The other put her in handcuffs. (Listen to <br>> > the 911 call)<br>> <br>> Since when should the local property-tax-paying residents be obligated to <br>> provide sergeant-at-arms services to non-property-tax-paying congregations? <br>> Should income-tax-paying state residents be obligated to pay for otherwise <br>> laudable inter-agency cooperation through such a church-state veil of <br>> separation that is not penetrated by income taxes?<br>> <br>> Should the local constabulary send a bill for a service call to the pastor?<br>> <br>> Yes, officers respond to lots of planned organizational activities, but <br>> parade permits, for example, can have fees attached to them that are <br>> collected in advance. Pastor Burrick knew in advance that he didn't like <br>> his long-time parishioner, and should have made arrangements to privately <br>> handle her appearance rather than ask the tax-payers for assistance in a <br>> non-threatening, non-emergency, non-riot situation. Absent such <br>> arrangements, or their feasibility, the pastor deserves service charges.<br>> <br>> <br>> Ken<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. <a href='http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body>
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