Why did Reagan Administration grant tax-free religious status to Scientology?

[Synthaholic]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

 

[Black_Label]

Maybe the rumors of him having alzheimers were inaccurate, he was just really a scientologist.

 

[The T]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

 

[Black_Label]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

True, just look at fox and the right wingers going apeshit about the "ground zero mosque" that was actually a young center blocks away.

 

[Mr Natural]

Why not a tax free status?

It makes about as much sense as any of the other religions.

 

[bobcollum]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Not as odd as the Conservatives here that recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

 

[Vast LWC]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Why wouldn't he?

They're a religion, same as any other.

Whether you worship the flying spaghetti monster or Zeus, you get tax-exempt status.

Why was Reagan involved at all? I would assume that tax-exempt status would have been granted them from the beginning.

 

[Charles_Main]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Because they met the Legal Requirements.

Besides Since when does the President himself decide which new Churches get Exempt Status?

lol

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Not as odd as the Conservatives here that recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

Legally; it is a legitimate religion. Do you have anything to say otherwise?

 

[occupied]

Yes, while they are probably evil our government has no real right to choose based on the validity of their particular dogma. Now we do have the right to shut down destructive cults and seize all their assets.

 

[Si modo]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Because it is never the job of a president to decide which religion is better than another.

 

[bobcollum]

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Not as odd as the Conservatives here that recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

Legally; it is a legitimate religion. Do you have anything to say otherwise?

Yes, it's a crock of shit money making scam created by a science fiction writer that once commented on how starting a religion was a great scam for making money.

 

[Charles_Main]

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

True, just look at fox and the right wingers going apeshit about the "ground zero mosque" that was actually a young center blocks away.

In a Building that Took Damage from Debris on the Day of the Attack, and if you really wanted to be Honest you could have mentioned that the Original Plan Was not a "Youth Center" and the Original Name "Cordoba" Seemed to many a Deliberate attempt to call attention to that Long Ago Islamic Victory over the West and Associate it with 9/11.

But then why would I expect Intellectual Honesty from you.

my Bad.

 

[WillowTree]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

No, but he fired all the air traffic controllers who went on strike. 1981! Union busting at it's best.

 

[WillowTree]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Why does obama grant tax free status to media matters? hhhmmm?

 

[Dot Com]

It was reported at the time that the meeting between administration officials and Scientology officials lasted as little as 10 minutes.

Why would Reagan grant tax-free status to a bunch of kooks?

good question

 

[Harry Dresden]

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Not as odd as the Conservatives here that recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

Legally; it is a legitimate religion. Do you have anything to say otherwise?

i would think a "religion" has to have a God or Gods to worship....who do these guys worship.....L.Ron Hubbard?....hey just askin....

 

[The T]

Why would he discriminate against a religion? That's in the liberal playbook, not the conservative playbook.

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Not as odd as the Conservatives here that recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

And did YOU have a point?

 

[bobcollum]

isn't it ODD how Liberals play the First Amendment?

Not as odd as the Conservatives here that recognize Scientology as a legitimate religion.

And did YOU have a point?

As much as you did.