Canada allows organizations that do nothing but “advance religion” to be classified as charities. This policy decision costs Canadians at least $5.6 billion every year, according to the Centre for Inquiry Canada's Cost of Religion reports. Sandra Dunham explains what this amount includes, how it was calculated, and the many benefits that religious institutions enjoy in addition to this figure.
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There has always been a sick symbiosis between religion and government, whereby Church and State reinforce each other's power... But the YMCA precedent is a great case study for reductio ad absurdum! As it became a key pitstop on the Rainbow Railroad, and featured prominently in a Gay Spiritual, it advanced another type of religion, at Churchies' expense! Time to Go West fully and secularize charity, or better yet, eliminate the need for it entirely...
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