Posted on 12/02/2009 7:43:35 AM PST by markomalley
The city of SF are biting off more than they can chew. All hell will break loose.
The archbishop should tell the city of SF to pound sand...and to do it often.
Just like in The Castro.
This will soon be happening with all religious real estate tax exemptions as it did with zoning regulations. The only exemptions will be for secular non-profits and education institutions.
In Pittsburgh, since they can't go after the education institutions, they are going after the students.
This is Archbishop Niederhauer, Nancy Pelosi’s bishop. You might hear a tiny impotent squeek, if you really strain. I hope I am wrong and the Archbishop suprises the heck outta me.
Freegards
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Secular entities come and go ... the Church endures.
He needs your prayers. So does Archbishop Wuerl in Washington, DC. May God protect and strengthen them.
Yesterday there was a story on this site about public orgies at city-sponsored events in San Francisco ...
... and they fine the church.
Good grief.
SnakeDoc
I am still waiting for taxing authorities to tax the large endowments excess income and capital gains just like they do for commercial entities. Of course I am also taking out long term health care insurance so I will be around when that happens.
sounds like a dandy Bill of Attainder case with nasty overtones of religious bigotry to me
In Pittsburgh, since they can’t go after the education institutions, they are going after the students.
The latest is that the Mayor is offering to drop this proposal IF the colleges and univesities are willing to “VOLUNTARILY” hand over $16 million.
All that is missing are the gun and the Jesse James mask...
(I hope Pittsburgh City Council does not read this article about San Fran. They are likewise desperate for cash, increasingly dominated by leftist loons, and the Catholic Church owns beaucoup property in Pittsburgh)
I don't think Pittsburgh City Council will pull the same stunt as SF; too much of the D base in Pittsburgh is also Catholic.
Easy - sell them off and get out of Sodom.
The Archbishop and the Catholic Church will win.
Why would the county, city, mayor, assessor even want to stray into church law? They know it’s illegal. LOL!
Prayer ping!
OH MAN Frisco going be so smack around by courts on that
...and the bishops are OK with government dictating the delivery of healthcare services...if fact, as Dolan says, “we’ve wanted it for years.”
What was funny is that a group of trustee's for a historical cemetery sued saying “What do you want us to do, dig them up?”.
The Iowa courts have suspended the fees for now. But I figure it will start again soon.
Oh well, the Church is much more than the building. Something we in the West have often forgotten.
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