<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><BR>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>Paul,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>I think we mostly agree. You just offer excuses for the behavior which I don’t accept.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>One example of this error in thinking is the argument for churches to be taxed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>If political organizations are tax exempt, like political parties, why can’t churches be?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>Churches are doing three things that are tax exempt, 1) Exercising Religion, 2) Administering to the needy, and 3) Expressing their political beliefs.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>Now, the only reason to tax a church is if it opens up a for profit business. Then it should be taxed. Or if it has CEOs and the like that make sizable salaries and profits. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>If one understands politics, you know, that no organization or person is apolitical. It cannot be. Every interaction we have with another person is political, it may just be on a smaller scale, a baby crying may be politicking for milk, or Priest saying not to support abortion, it is all political. You cannot have such a thing as an apolitical organization, especially Churches. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>“One of our most basic American Values, by the way, is <BR><SPAN class=yshortcuts><SPAN style="CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1257667594_7>freedom of religion</SPAN></SPAN>. There is no freedom of religion if one religion is <BR>pushed above all others (including the absence of religion).”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>I agree. But Atheists want to take away freedom of religion, and replace it with NO Religion. They want to be free from religion. People cannot be banned from religion in public and still say our First Amendment rights are not being violated. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>It is just not possible to both include and exclude God at the same time. One side has to prevail. Which one is constitutionally protected? It is more damaging to a believer not to be allowed to practice their faith than it is for the non-believe to endure His inclusion. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><BR><FONT size=5>Your Friend,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt"><FONT size=5>Donovan Arnold</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">
<DIV class=plainMail> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>