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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn the heels of the recent "Going Clear" documentary . . .
Is this hilarious/at least a little funny Saturday Night Live spoof of Scientology ads of the 1990s:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/brilliant-snl-fake-ad-ridicules-scientology-and-cultish-fad-religions/
Better still is the actual ad on which the spoof is based.
And for the hat trick, a link to petitions.whitehouse.gov asking that the "Church" of Scientology have its (completely unjustified) tax exempt status reversed:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/revoke-scientologys-tax-exempt-status
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On the heels of the recent "Going Clear" documentary . . . (Original Post)
MrModerate
Apr 2015
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m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)1. petition signed.
all "churches" should lose their tax exemption, imo.
Sienna86
(2,149 posts)2. Signed
And I personally believe we should tax all entities, no exclusions
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)3. signed. kicked. recced. n/t
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)4. Why, churches are still tax exempt is so wrong. Many are just Political Operatives. n/t