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A Tax on Violent Entertainment?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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Evangelist Franklin Graham has stated that a solution to the problem of violence in American culture could be a tax on violent entertainment.

The CEO of the international relief group Samaritan's Purse stated this in some remarks delivered Wednesday at Camp Bethelwoods in York, S.C.

"How much violence as a nation are we willing to accept?" asked Graham, who was present in York to speak about this and other issues to those involved in a Samaritan's Purse disaster relief training event.

"We tax cigarettes, we can tax violence … only God can change your heart. We need to bring God's laws back into society."

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/franklin-graham-supports-tax-on-violent-movies-games-94696/#xZS2d9X7GJMStz6O.99

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