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Petition update, 19 February 2008

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For too long Religions have enjoyed the un-warranted special status of being tax exempt under UK Law. This has to stop. It is unfair that these organisations get de-jure tax exempt status, when the atrocities that have been committed by, and in the name of, these organisations would have bared any other ‘charitable’ organisation from receiving said same tax exempt status.

If these religions wish to continue tax-exempt charity work, they should be obliged set up and run separate charitable organisations for which they would have to apply for tax-exempt status like another ‘charitable’ organisation. This also allows oversight in the running of these charities.

For many if not all of these religions charitable works are but a secondary concern over their primary goal of maintaining and spreading their religion. As with all corporations with a product to sell they should pay their taxes on their profit. (I will be gracious to not demand back taxes)

Current signatories

Stephen Rushbrook, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Keith Scott
• Layla Rejaie
• Dave Green
• Alan Shillitoe
• Pete Jordan
• Mark Allen
• Dave Pearson
• Christopher James Rourke
• Stephen Kenicer
• Ritchie Tosh
• Paul Almond
• jeremy slawson
• Daniel J Coleman
• Cliff Eastabrook
• Philip Clark
• chris sharples
• andrew potts
• Beryl Scott
• Jon Eccles
• Adam Page
• Chris Power
• Michael Hall
• nick howel
• Kerri Mansfield
• thomas rogers
• Travis Vinicombe
• j burden
• Daniel Worley
• Peter Johns
• Ian Trattell
• Nick Baxter
• James Baxter
• Lewis Cordell-Williams
• Stephen J Twigg
• Alan Crowe
• Stuart Lancashire
• Leigh Simmons
• Dr David Shone
• Richard Hogg
• Matthew Burns
• Ashley Mercer
• Paul Johnson
• Dave Davis
• Shiro OTA
• J Titchard-lyons
• Geoff Newman
• Phillip Passmore
• Mandy Hayes
• Darren Dickson
• Alan Davis
• Brian Jordan
• David Leonard
• Alan Cooney
• Dr Neil Skelland
• Danielle Allwork
• Tobias Sebastian Bowers
• Marcus Davies
• trevor thomas
• MICHELLE EDWARDS
• Philip Cowley
• Lorna Henderson
• andrew sabin
• Craig Parsons
• Joyce Beck
• Angela Elliott
• Graham Smith
• Alexa Yourston
• matt jones
• Wes Jones
• Christopher T Tomkinson
• Rebecca Elliott
• Robert Sullivan
• Daniel Conroy
• Mark Hudson
• kathleen orme
• Michael Charles Adam Holmes
• George Ricks
• A. Dunlavey
• Phillip A Healey
• Martin Cowley
• Jill Rountree
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• M. Gordon
• colyn vickers
• Dr Paul A Daniels
• Mark Allen
• dudley corfield
• Brett Day
• William Arrowsmith
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• James Hill
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