Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B

Re:Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B by klyrs on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:03PM (#23794385)

Because they exert, and lobby for, the right to refuse treatment on religious grounds. Women's reproductive rights, and LGBTQ people are harmed where tax dollars are redirected through "charity" and cannot be used to establish secular services of the same kind.

They're great for the "right kind" of elderly, homeless and orphans. But they've got a long history of screwing everybody else over, for example, forced conversion of native american orphans.

Essentially, it's a loophole that you can pilot a "separate but equal" aircraft carrier through. And then fail to even provide that "separate" care, so equality is not achieved.

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Re:Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B by diegoholiveira on Friday July 10, 2020 @09:25PM (#23798569)

You're saying: they not perfect. And I agree with you. But who's perfect?

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Re:Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B by klyrs on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:37AM (#23799816)

Who said anything about perfection? I'm saying tax dollars would be better spent providing services to all citizens, not just those whose lives conform to a particular religion's norms. And thus we should tax churches for a percentage of their tithe. And maybe not shovel money on them just because they asked with cash.

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