Voluntary

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  by Rodolfo N. Lentejas, Jr.

  Created on: May 21, 2008

  Charity is always voluntary; if it's compelled, then we are destroying its precious meaning.

  If we

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  by Keith Hamburger

  Created on: April 03, 2008   Last Updated: January 06, 2009

  "A forced morality is no morality, a forced charity is no charity." (source unknown)

  There are many reasons

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  by Kris Kennedy

  Created on: September 13, 2008   Last Updated: March 22, 2009

  Voluntary Charity

  United States citizens are charity oriented. A drive through the drive up window shows

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  by Ted Sherman

  Created on: May 15, 2008

  Are you kidding? It would be a wonderful miracle if all charitable contributions were voluntary. If

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  by Rayne Britt

  Created on: May 14, 2008

  Charity originally was defined as "giving out of Christian love to other Christians" (and, contrary

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  by Donavon Price

  Created on: April 20, 2008

  Charity on an individual basis by its very definition is a voluntary act. To quote my old 1982 version

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  by Velma aka Shammah

  Created on: September 06, 2008

  Charity, by its very definition means to give voluntarily. Charity is sharing of time, space, material

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  by Elizabeth M Young

  Created on: October 24, 2009   Last Updated: November 01, 2009

  This question can be viewed from the perspective that there is always some form of compulsion involved

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  by G E Barr

  Created on: September 17, 2008

  GIVE AND TAKE: THE RATIO OF BALANCE

  "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others,

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  by Feed your head with a play by Pamela Olson

  Created on: March 03, 2009

  No More Donations Without Representation
  By using the Internet, people exercised power; activists took

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  by Elizabeth Wordsmith

  Created on: May 15, 2008

  Americans and citizens from many other countries already give to charity through their tax dollars.

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  by Paul Schingle

  Created on: September 14, 2008

  According to the American Heritage Dictionary (2nd College Edition), charity is defined as offering

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  by Sean Davis

  Created on: May 14, 2008

  Charity, it is something that we all feel is something that has to come from our heart and soul. We

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  by Sita

  Created on: May 15, 2008

  The definition of charity, according to Mirriam-Webster, is "1: benevolent goodwill toward or love of

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  by Caroline Breeze

  Created on: September 25, 2008

  Compelled disbursement of one's money is called payment, holdup (as in robbery) etc. not charitable

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  by Magu Nguru

  Created on: April 14, 2008

  Charity is a thing that people do from the heart. A person sees a given situation in which another person

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  by Frederick A. Babb

  Created on: May 15, 2008

  Charity, by definition, is a generous action to aid the less fortunate. Beyond the definition, there

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  by Jeff Johns

  Created on: April 14, 2008

  "Compel-to secure or bring about by force"- Random House Dictionary.

  For those in favor of this ridiculous

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  by Culpster

  Created on: August 20, 2008

  "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
  -Benjamin

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  by Dave Knechel

  Created on: May 14, 2008

  You've got to be kidding! How can charity be forced upon anyone when, by definition, the word means