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On 10/13/2011 06:45 AM, Ed Hurst wrote:
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cite="mid:op.v3adh5dxogx5dc@ip72-215-225-9.at.at.cox.net"
type="cite">On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:15:58 -0500, Fred A. Miller <a
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href="mailto:fmiller@lightlink.com"><fmiller@lightlink.com></a>
wrote:
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"Justice Department asked the Supreme Court last week to give the
federal
government the power to tell a church who its ministers will be."
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I've worked with the LC-MS a bit. The very idea someone working
with them would sue for a job is hard to imagine, simply on the
basis of the unavoidable hard feelings. But, this is what comes
with government approved incorporation. A tax break implies
handing to the government a certain amount of power to intervene.
We try to act like that's not so, that we can shield the churches,
making it a one-way relationship as some of our founding fathers
claimed, but that was actually a novel idea in their own times.
For most of Christian history, it was either on or off, but
government recognition has always meant government regulation. I
hope
the church wins this round, but it will hardly be the last time we see it.</blockquote>
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I hope so as well, and also know it won't be the last. There was a
decision by "the Supreme's" years ago, and I'm sorry I can't tell
you when or give you a reference number, that stated that whatever
the Fed. Gov't spent money on, it had the right to control. That can
be dangerous. <br>
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Fred<br>
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"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it
tougher for sober people to own cars." - Unknown
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