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Originally Posted by chachacha
personally, as a devout Catholic, i would like the church to refuse the federal funds and maintain its integrity. as an American taxpayer, i do not know why federal tax dollars are going to any religious institution to begin with...is this an opening for our tax dollars funding muslim schools which teach hate, or Jewish hospitals which perform abortions, or any other group doing any other thing which the taxpayer himself may not wish to support? we are spending billions rebuilding churches and mosques overseas! why???? the federal govt has its tentacles into areas where it does not belong... Get It Out!
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Your church, on the other hand, is trying to force IT's beliefs onto the rest of us. I am OK with abortions being peformed...you are not. When your church stops trying to legislate morality, then there is a commonality for discussion. I have nothing against catholics...I got one my degrees at Loyola University and am still friends with some of the people I met there.
This whole thing is a slippery slope....in a country with many different points of view you MUST be willing to accept some things you do not like just like others have to accept things you want and they don't. It will never be all the way you believe and it will never be all the way I believe. I am more then willing to accept or at least tolerate different tenets than I believe.
Not allowing stem cell research for 8 years has seriously hampered scientific advancements...many many lives were negatively affected. And please, do not make this another forum for abortion discussions. I do believe that has been played out again and again in this forum and I don't think anyone really wants to hear it hashed out again.