Carol Browner: Congress Needs to Pass Energy and Climate Legislation

Schaefer attacks separation of church and state. The issue is about laws-- who makes them and why. Churches made laws banning contraception, abortion & suicide. They did that to preserve church income. People need to be born & to be alive or they cannot tithe the enormous ten percent lifetime tithe plus church fees. Congress makes laws that govern all citizens. Until 1973, our civil government illegally enforced church laws banning abortion. That was Roe v Wade. The civil government still enforces church law banning suicide or attempted self-destruction. Dr. Kevorkian was jailed because of that unconstitutional blending of church law and civil law. Church law has no power over anyone except church members. Congress illegally gives tax exemptions & vouchers to churches. But see the Code of Canon Law. It says churches have the right to collect money to pay preachers and support the church. Then it tells who is expected to pay that money. Yes, that money, by church law, is supposed to come from church members. In the 1980's my article was published in "The Humanist," explaining how churches violate their own law when they demand subsidy from non-members.

aUra dawn veirs of CA 3:27AM April 06, 2010