so many people miss the point
nobody is saying the church should be in charge of social justice programs
im saying that if the government says "OK you owe $8,000 in taxes this year, and we are going to give 20 percent of that to social programs"
i think i should have the right to say
"Ok great, give all 20% to Aids research."
or
"Ok please give all 20% to programs that benefit homeless children"
as opposed to just signing a check - handing it to the tax man - and grumbling my way back home.
supposedly we can put a man on the moon, and create things like the space shuttle, or social networks as massive and sprawling as facebook and call ourselves "civilized"
BUT we cant pick the social programs our tax funds go to on an individual level???