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Church transforms vacant land into massive urban garden, donates 65K pounds of food to people in need (www.goodgoodgood.co)

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[-] falynns@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

Maybe start paying taxes, on that and all other land they've confiscated.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Churches aren't tax free because they are churches, they are tax free bc they are charities, just like every other charity out there

Frustrating af that hardly any of you understand this.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago

You're the one who's wrong here. All other 501c3 nonprofits have to show their books and prove it. Churches get a rubber stamp.

Stop spreading this lie of yours

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[-] AllPintsNorth@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

That’s just wrong. Churches are tax free because they are churches.

Don’t believe me? Go look up a church’s 990… oh, wait… you can’t. Because they don’t have to file them because they are “special” in the eyes of the law. Not just a run of the mill charity.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

And yet many churches do choose to file their financial disclosure forms, for transparency sake

And I fully support removing that exemption, I don't want to protect corrupt churches like you assume I do

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