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	Fla. County Should Drop Tax Aid To Sectarian Summer Shindig

Karzdan

12-5-2008 4:45 PM

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deceit, seperation of church and state, au, florida, hernando county

Karzdan says:

Unbelievable. Fla tax money going to distort advertisement of an Overt Christian gathering. I know I'd be pissed if I heard about a nice little 'secular' party. And all I heard was people telling me how evil I am, that if I don't join their fantasy that I'm going to burn in hell.

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12-7-2008 11:29 AM

citizenbfk

both the U.S. Constitution and the Florida Constitution ban diversion of tax aid for religious purposes.

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