re: #68 allegro

Once again, read what I said. Since you seem to be having difficulty with comprehension… A church by merit of simply being a church should not be tax exempt. An organization that does good works should be granted tax exemption based upon those good works and value to the community. A church that raises $100,000 in donations and uses $20,000 of those donaitons for a food bank should have $20,000 tax exemption and pay tax on $80,000 that it uses for the sole purposes of its building, church costs, etc. That clear it up for you?

Though I know of states that have laws for charitable non-profits that allow them to have/maintain property up to a certain value without paying property taxes. That would be something that churches should be allowed a similar benefit towards having meeting space and such for their congregation.

(The case I know of concerns fraternities/sororities having headquarters buildings in Indiana. And most (all?) national social fraternities operate as non-profits, often with an associated charitable non-profit education foundation.)