There are over 350,000 houses of worship in the US. ICE can handle this, right?
zarfle2 on
Welcome to America.
Where school children are considered expendable but people expect specific protection so that they can believe in their magic sky fairies.
ArguingisFun on
Tax churches already.
Believing in a magic sky daddy should not make you a protected class of anything.
tophatmcgees on
Wow can I allocate $0 to this
Crunchycarrots79 on
This is an existing program, which is available to all non-profit organizations, not just religious ones and certainly not just specific religions. Debates about whether or not the program should exist are certainly reasonable, as well as whether or not the program should receive increased funding. I just want to make sure people know that this isn’t a new program, nor is it limited to religious groups.
Edit: I’m not taking a position on this here. I’m simply saying that this isn’t a new program, nor is it limited to religious organizations. I can tell you that I’d absolutely be opposed to this if it were, in fact, limited to religious organizations. Even as it stands, I’m not sure that I agree with the program… I just felt that the title of this post was, possibly intentionally, omitting important information.
anchorftw on
So, not only do they not want to be taxed, they now want taxpayers to pay for their security detail?
Trixielarue2020 on
If it’s God’s will they will be protected. Or not. Who’s to say?
Doctor_Disaster on
Wow. Can I write it off on my taxes like the churches do?
thnk_more on
If the disciples had Glock’s and concealed carry, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
louisgunn on
Some megapastor has private jets and house bigger than actual castles, maybe they should start protecting their own business, I mean house of worship.
ChochMcKenzie on
Not schools though.
HeatherCDBustyOne on
The original foundation of America was to protect people from persecution from having a specific religious affiliation. The founders wanted to avoid Europe’s Protestant versus Catholicism bloodshed.
European history is filled with Kings who demanded that people worship the same way that the King worshipped.
This is why America’s founders wanted to split religion and government apart from each other.
Worship anything. Worship nothing. The same rules that protect a God worshipper also protect a Devil worshipper, a Nature worshipper, and even Alatry (worship of nothing).
People argue about taxing or not-taxing churches. The difficult part is “how do we define what is a church? What is a religion?” That is the grey area no one wants to talk about.
hammonjj on
I have a better idea, let’s deal with the gun problem
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There are over 350,000 houses of worship in the US. ICE can handle this, right?
Welcome to America.
Where school children are considered expendable but people expect specific protection so that they can believe in their magic sky fairies.
Tax churches already.
Believing in a magic sky daddy should not make you a protected class of anything.
Wow can I allocate $0 to this
This is an existing program, which is available to all non-profit organizations, not just religious ones and certainly not just specific religions. Debates about whether or not the program should exist are certainly reasonable, as well as whether or not the program should receive increased funding. I just want to make sure people know that this isn’t a new program, nor is it limited to religious groups.
Edit: I’m not taking a position on this here. I’m simply saying that this isn’t a new program, nor is it limited to religious organizations. I can tell you that I’d absolutely be opposed to this if it were, in fact, limited to religious organizations. Even as it stands, I’m not sure that I agree with the program… I just felt that the title of this post was, possibly intentionally, omitting important information.
So, not only do they not want to be taxed, they now want taxpayers to pay for their security detail?
If it’s God’s will they will be protected. Or not. Who’s to say?
Wow. Can I write it off on my taxes like the churches do?
If the disciples had Glock’s and concealed carry, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Some megapastor has private jets and house bigger than actual castles, maybe they should start protecting their own business, I mean house of worship.
Not schools though.
The original foundation of America was to protect people from persecution from having a specific religious affiliation. The founders wanted to avoid Europe’s Protestant versus Catholicism bloodshed.
European history is filled with Kings who demanded that people worship the same way that the King worshipped.
This is why America’s founders wanted to split religion and government apart from each other.
Worship anything. Worship nothing. The same rules that protect a God worshipper also protect a Devil worshipper, a Nature worshipper, and even Alatry (worship of nothing).
People argue about taxing or not-taxing churches. The difficult part is “how do we define what is a church? What is a religion?” That is the grey area no one wants to talk about.
I have a better idea, let’s deal with the gun problem
Fuck the churches
[these are the likely churches](https://www.instagram.com/p/DYmw_RdgBMS/?img_index=10&igsh=M2hsMmg0N3A4ZGs2)
Just pray for protection.
Yeah well, ya don’t need tax payer funded protection, ya just need some good guys with guns … right?
The f I will