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Inkmann, a 43-year-old business owner, said she has attended and paid dues at St. Mary's since January after a long absence from the church.

First of all- I am not aware of any "requirement" to pay dues as a member of a church. One makes an offering, preferably a tithe, which is placed on the Altar of the Lord, in acknowlegement that blessings flow from Him. You don't pay dues like a country club, to guarantee a tee time. This phrase establishes both the author's lack of knowlege and the attitude of the "believer."

"I feel called to respond to my parish and the local parish school because of my developed Catholicism," she said. "I want my daughter to receive a Catholic education that will be in keeping with her teachings at home, and I want to become part of a Catholic community again like I was when I was a child."

Apparently, something when sadly wrong when she was receiving her Christian education. I sat through years of CCD, and I know for a fact that humility and obedience are stressed as a vital part of faith, in particular, the examples of the lives of the saints, obedient unto death- like St. Thomas More. In the seventies, the Catholic Chruch even adopted a bunch of "protestant songs" for Folk Mass. Old saws like "Trust and Obey..." This woman is my age and I can't imagine that our education was so different.

And finally, where the HELL does the ACLU get off threatening a religious organization for practicing its religious freedom??

First of all- I am not aware of any "requirement" to pay dues as a member of a church

See my post #21. And when I say regular attendee, they count your attendence with the offering envelopes.

And finally, where the HELL does the ACLU get off threatening a religious organization for practicing its religious freedom??

You answered your own question there.

That is interesting. Temples have dues or fees but not church. This is a clear set up.