Thursday, March 22, 2012
Seperation of Church and State
Yes, the Constitution does guarantee freedom of religion. I also upholds seperation of church and state. However, churches are taking that to mean only the government is to be kept at bay. This applies both ways. Government stays out of the churches and the churches stay out of the government, but the churches don't want it that way. They want to be in control and dictate to the rest of the country. Churches have no record keeping costs. They are not required to file any forms other than to keep up their non profit status. They get a break in postage on their mailings. Know who pays for that break in cost of postage for churches? You do. every time you buy stamps or mail packages. Why? Because this is "revenue forgone" and is supposed to be reimbursed to the Postal Service by Congress. This was enacted in 1970. Since that time, no payments for that postage has come from Congress. As to government meddeling in church affairs, if a church school takes federal money in the form of student loans, grants, etc, then yes the federal government does have a right to get involved. As I said before, all they have to do is refuse the federal money. But they don't want to do this. They want the taxpayer to subsidize the church education system but not hold them to the same standards as all the other schools. Can't have it both ways.
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