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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 3281832" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Then you have Trinity Church, a major real estate holder and developer with a reported portfolio of $6Bil. and no answers as to whether their "secular" holdings are tax exempt or not.</p><p>"Believe it or not, this long feature never really digs into that loaded question. I, for one, wanted to see a church-state professional or two look at the status of the church’s holdings and dissect how the state views the offices and facilities that are clearly used for religious purposes (yes, defining “religious” is a legal minefield) and those that are rented to secular non-profit organizations or even straight-forward business organization".</p><p><a href="https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/2/13/massive-new-york-times-story-on-trinity-church-raises-good-questions-but-contains-a-big-ghost" target="_blank">https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/2/13/massive-new-york-times-story-on-trinity-church-raises-good-questions-but-contains-a-big-ghost</a></p><p></p><p>Also notable is that Trinity has used it's investment clout(and funding for court fights) to push companies into gun control measures...</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/02/09/new-york-church-taking-walmart-to-court-over-gun-sales/#3de8b7ea3300" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/02/09/new-york-church-taking-walmart-to-court-over-gun-sales/#3de8b7ea3300</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/30/wall-street-church-asks-for-shareholder-vote-to-cap-cabelas-gun-sales" target="_blank">https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/30/wall-street-church-asks-for-shareholder-vote-to-cap-cabelas-gun-sales</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 3281832, member: 1294"] Then you have Trinity Church, a major real estate holder and developer with a reported portfolio of $6Bil. and no answers as to whether their "secular" holdings are tax exempt or not. "Believe it or not, this long feature never really digs into that loaded question. I, for one, wanted to see a church-state professional or two look at the status of the church’s holdings and dissect how the state views the offices and facilities that are clearly used for religious purposes (yes, defining “religious” is a legal minefield) and those that are rented to secular non-profit organizations or even straight-forward business organization". [URL]https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2019/2/13/massive-new-york-times-story-on-trinity-church-raises-good-questions-but-contains-a-big-ghost[/URL] Also notable is that Trinity has used it's investment clout(and funding for court fights) to push companies into gun control measures... [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/02/09/new-york-church-taking-walmart-to-court-over-gun-sales/#3de8b7ea3300[/URL] [URL]https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/30/wall-street-church-asks-for-shareholder-vote-to-cap-cabelas-gun-sales[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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