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TheMastersNemesis

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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:15 PM Dec 2014

RW Christians Don't Want Tax Money Benefitting LGBT And Other Undesirables. [View all]

The RW Christians have the same argument about tax money being used for abortions as they do tax money that might benefit LGBT individuals and other undesirables. If you really think about it they really are against gays and other undesirables having benefits that might come from tax dollars because these people's activities violate their conscience and religion. So contraceptive practices allows people to have sex out of wedlock without consequences and children accidentally born out side of wedlock must be condemned for the sins of their parents by being denied services that come from tax money Christians pay. And it goes on an on because their agenda is about controlling people's lives they do not agree with.

If you go to the "gut sense" of their opposition to domestic spending the logic will take you there. Look at the "conscience argument" and it is obvious how dangerous and misguided this meme is. The new Michigan law will unleash all sorts of mayhem. The most dangerous aspect of this deranged philosophy almost demands that a "person of conscience" even deny life saving techniques their religion disapproves of. So A Christian Scientist can even claim to defy common sense, public health and the law itself denying any medical service.

Of course, these same churches really are against paying taxes to a secular government. If we were a theocracy and they could control all the taxe dollars they might be open to paying taxes, but I doubt it.

We need to end church welfare that gives them benefits both ways.

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