[TheRealVille]

The difference between us, RV, is that I respect other people's religion even if it requires them to proselytize. If a Jehovah's Witness or a Mormon missionary knocks at my door, and I have some free time, I will invite them into my home. Not because I expect them to convert me to their faith, but because they sincerely believe that they are fulfilling their religious duty in explaining their beliefs to me. I certainly will never buy into Scientology, but I would welcome a chance to have a devout Scientologist like Tom Cruise explain his religious beliefs to me over a cup of coffee.

Barack Obama's intolerance of faiths other than Islam and Jeremiah Wright's warped version of Christianity is one of the things that makes him so unworthy of trust. You, who are constantly complaining about other people pushing their beliefs at you, should have a big problem with Obama's attempts to force Christians to pay for medical procedures and other things that violate their religious beliefs. It is just a matter of time before Obama, or somebody like him, moves to strip tax-exempt status from churches that don't support liberal political policies such as gay marriage.

I'm a firm believer that churches shouldn't receive tax exempt status, unless they can prove that they are putting out the same amount of what they save, to do things like help the poor, and things that they claim they do, that you and others here have said they should do, at the local level. If they push a political candidate, or party, they should be stripped of that tax free status immediately. The church here in Paintsville that got caught endorsing political candidates should never again receive tax breaks.