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Thespians And Pagans Fight Assessors In New York Court

Thespians And Pagans Fight Assessors In New York Court

Most of my pretty limited exposure to neo-paganism has been of traditions that were in part resisting the spread of the Roman Empire.  The Phryganium, though is a revival of a tradition that was practiced in the Empire.  In some of the coverage, you get the sense that there was a belief that the Town was upset by the paganism.  I still would not rule out that it was generalized resistance to having another property go off the rolls. In my original article, I pointed out a Massachusetts case in which West Springfield was trying to tax a house that was lived in by women who were actual Catholic nuns.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.