(Worthy Insights) – A case before the U.S. Supreme Court right now could redraw the line between faith and government. On Monday, the justices gave some clues about how their leaning on this significant issue.
As CBN News has been reporting, the Catholic Charities case has far-reaching implications for all faith-based groups.
At issue: Should religious organizations like Catholic Charities have to pay state unemployment taxes or get a religious exemption, like churches? And just how religious does an organization need to be to qualify for a tax exemption? [ Source (Read More…) ]
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Please be careful of your spelling: your use of “their” in “how their leaning” should be “how THEY’RE (they are) leaning”. Just a friendly FYI!
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CBN reported the story…
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I think these self-promoting “religious” orgs & cults deserve some govt scrutiny. If the govt knew what the real Gospel was then they could lawfully separate the wheat from the chaff as to allowing or not tax deductibility. I can always dream, can’t I?
Yes, religious charities should pay their fair share for services that they use. If they have to lay off employees, those employees will want to go draw unemployment compensatio while they look for another job. How about fire protection? The charity would expect a fire department to come if they have a fire so they should pay their share of support for the fire station..