Saturday, March 3, 2012

Breslau Mennonite Church supports peace tax

Briefly noted

BRESLAU, ONT.- Tax season at Breslau Mennonite Church, near Kitchener, was punctuated by many members sitting down at computers set up in the church foyer during the Sunday school hour and requesting the Canadian Revenue Agency to divert $1,000 of their taxes to peaceful means. Benno Barg, a retired Christian Peacemaker Teams reservist and a member of Conscience Canada, had been getting up during the congregation's sharing time to encourage members to request the diversion of their tax dollars, or go even further and actually withhold the 8.4 percent of their taxes …

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