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LiberalAndProud

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11. Since the church tax is fully deductible it seems to me that government is subsidizing the churches
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 12:51 AM
Jul 2015

by requiring that members pay the tax. I find the idea utterly distasteful.

I am almost certain that at least some among those numbers have decided that they prefer not to support an organization that houses and protects pederast priests. That would be my educated guess.


http://www.dw.com/en/german-catholics-leave-church-in-droves/a-14971010

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