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There is a pretty extensive record of how they got their tax exempt religious status, it was a big fight.
thenewgreen · 4483 days ago · link ·
If anyones interested in the history of that battle: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/essays/nytimes.html
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Thanks. This is an awesome read. I had a suspicion that extortion was probably at least a component. I love this: "This is a church organization that has been subjected to more harassment and more attacks certainly than any religion in this century and probably any religion ever, and they have had to perhaps take unusual steps in order to survive," Ms. Yingling said
Perhaps she's never heard of the Jews.