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Canada: Church foes use tax breaks as club

By Alliance Alert

Paul Schratz writing a blog of the Archdiocese of Vancouver: "Unable to push the Church around to change many of its teachings, its foes are trotting out a simplistic argument that calls for ending any tax breaks for religious entities. It?s particularly rearing its head on education issues in Canada. In the case of a lesbian schoolteacher at Vancouver?s Little Flower Academy, critics argued the Church has no right to discriminate because it receives public tax dollars, even if only half the amount public schools get. ... Most parents delegate the delivery of their children?s education to their chosen schools, but the state?s involvement in education 'follows upon the natural rights and duties of parents.' By extension, Church and families have the right to establish their own schools and educate their children independent of civil authority."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 02, 2010 (boomark / email).