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12-23-2010, 12:45 AM
What is about a tax for Homosexuals, Liberals, Admirers of Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and ACLU in this crazy city?Why not?
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Christians who attend worship services in a suburb of Kansas City will have to ante up for new thousand-dollar city "fees" that are being assessed against their churches based on the number of seats in their sanctuaries.
That's if the scheme announced recently by officials in Mission, Kan., survives a court challenge that has been filed by the Alliance Defense Fund.
"No one should be taxing church attendance, but that's what this tax does: It punishes churches based on their attendance," said Erik Stanley, a senior legal counsel for the organization.
"Cleverly disguising a tax as a fee is just another way to penalize churches and other nonprofit organizations and charities by subverting their tax exemptions so the government can collect more money," he said. "This driveway tax is simply outrageous. Will we soon be seeing a 'sidewalk tax' based on the number of people who walk to church?"
It was in August when the city council in Mission created Ordinance 1332 for a "Transportation Utility Fee." The law requiress that owners of all property within city limits with improvements such as buildings or landscaping pay a fee, "which functions as an additional property tax."...
According to ADF, the ordinance itself specifies that owners of properties that are tax exempt under state law, such as churches, charities and nonprofit ministries, still must pay.
For churches, the tax is based on an assumption about the number of vehicle trips.
"Single family homes are assessed a fixed rate of $72 per year while 5.8 total weekly vehicle trips are estimated per worship facility seat to calculate the tax amount for churches," ADF said.
Its lawsuit, filed Monday in district court in Johnson County, is on behalf of First Baptist Church of Mission and the Archdiocese of Kansas City.
he Baptist church, billed nearly $1,000, and the Catholic diocese, billed some $1,700, agreed to take the lead in the battle over the new assessments on behalf of the town's churches.
City officials declined to respond to a WND request for comment.
But ADF said the "driveway tax" is the same as other assessments that were imposed in Idaho and Florida but struck down by the supreme courts in those states.
"The government should not attempt to disguise taxes as 'fees' in order to eliminate property tax exemptions, when that money could be better spent by churches in caring for the poor. It makes little sense to extract greater tribute from churches and charities when lost services mean a shift of the burden to the government anyway. Not only is this scheme unlawful, it's fiscally nonsensical," Stanley said.
According to ADF, "Churches are exempt from taxes for good reason. First, they provide essential services to the poor and disadvantaged in the community. If they did not provide these services, the government would be left to provide them. Second, churches are active in shaping virtuous citizens who contribute positively and help maintain a healthy society. Without the work of the churches, the government is unable to benefit from this intangible, but important spiritual work that churches perform. The government should view churches as an essential partner in society and not tax them, thereby removing funds from them that can be better used in fulfilling the religious mission of the church."
Mission is a suburban area near Kansas City.
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Re: Town taxes Christians for listening to sermons -
12-23-2010, 04:07 AM
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What is about a tax for Homosexuals, Liberals, Admirers of Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer and ACLU in this crazy city?Why not?
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Mission, KS, should be paying its churches for the good work they do.
Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty (2)...as the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. (3) The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken his word.
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Re: Town taxes Christians for listening to sermons -
12-23-2010, 05:32 AM
Seems like taxing bars, houses of ill fame, synagogues, adult book stores, and video game arcades might generate more income for the municipality.
Christian churches historically provide so many services and outreach programs that this tax (or fee) would have a severe negative impact on the community. I know Landover Baptist outlays literally thousands of dollars in alms every year.
Jud 1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are un Godly among them of all their un Godly deeds which they have un Godly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which un Godly sinners have spoken against him.
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Re: Town taxes Christians for listening to sermons -
12-23-2010, 12:21 PM
As usual, the politically correct liberals make special impositions on churches that no one else has to bear. I wonder how much money the town collects from its mosques and gay bars.
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Re: Town taxes Christians for listening to sermons -
12-24-2010, 11:41 PM
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As usual, the politically correct liberals make special impositions on churches that no one else has to bear. I wonder how much money the town collects from its mosques and gay bars.
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Pastor Isaac,
it is well-known that liberals fight against Christians, they want to destroy it, preferably economically per higher taxes, crazy laws etc. Other are Islam, Homosexuals, Buddhists etc., they enjoy love and support of liberals and leftists. In Europa for example most of mosques are erected with tax money, the "marriage" of perverse sodomites get many tax benefits from gumnits.
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