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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Yes they are. Saying "everybody else" is putting a church on the same footing with an individual. A Church is made up of individuals that have already been taxed, so you want to double tax them in order to exercise their religion.
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And a corporation is made up of individuals that have already been taxed...
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Fortunately, the founding fathers foresaw your desire to repress the churches and wrote that protection into the Constitution.
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Is that a fact, or are you presenting your opinion as fact, again?
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
That's why the churches aren't taxed and can't participate in politics.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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It looks like taxation after a religion has been "established" isn't protected, at least not by the founders. Those same, wonderful founders who didn't have the balls to make slavery unconstitutional.