On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:20:05 -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:

Nowhere have I said I wish to impose my religious beliefs - if any -
upon anyone. I wish to not pay for infanticide. I don't care what
the "courts have found in the matter". I prefer not to be a party
to murder. This apparently doesn't bother you much, and I'm not
saying you can or should be entirely prevented from doing so. I'm
saying I ought not to have to pay for it.

Since you define it as murder, it is murder? Tim, you seem to have no
tolerance for opposing points of view. I have no desire to force any
woman to have an abortion, even though in my view it's not murder. But
you would prevent women who disagree with you to abide by your views.

Why can't you live by your views and let others live by theirs. By all
means argue the point, but try a little tolerance for the opinions of
others. You are NOT infallible.

Yes, I know. You'll bring up that tired rant about not wanting to pay for
it. I think others have answered that one pretty well.

BTW, I took a look at our library budget. It's just under $10 million for
2008. The great majority of revenue is local property taxes plus some
contract fees from local cities without their own library system and some
interest earnings. A total of $161,000 is listed as miscellaneous. Some
of that is book sales, some from fines, but lets give your view the
benefit of the doubt and say that about $150,000 is government grants.
That's roughly 1.5% of the budget. Or, if prorated, thank you for your
contribution of 5 cents to our library. I'll think of you every week when
I go there :-).