Originally Posted by djplong

No, I'm not saying that Church Doctrine should be different in different cases.

Without getting into all the OTHER problems I have with the Church, I'm saying that when the Church is "playing outside it's own protected sandbox", it should have to play by the public's rules.

In other words, if the Church wants to operate a hospital, they have to abide by the rules governing hospitals.

In an example I have experience with, my wife is a member of the Light of the World Christian Church. For many years they operated the Milford Christian Academy. They still had to abide by all the rules that govern any school in New Hampshire. And while the Church was exempt from taxes, their employees certainly were not. (Not picking on the Catholic Church when I say I find it ironic that Jesus said "rend unto Caesar what is Caesar's" and yet *all* Churches are exempt from doing exactly that)