Religious beliefs that are prejudiced against women, LGBT, races should be judged as harshly as...

[Fred Gilmore]

20. Interesting concept

But how about this.........when organized religion, any organized religion, non-tax paying entities, get involved in trying to sway government policies, should they not a)be taxed just the same as any other organization involved in trying to sway governmental policy, and b)be held to the same standards as any other groups when they try to discriminate against anyone?

Here's the real catch 22 when it comes to religions and governments in this country. The government does not get involved in trying to sway the policies of organized religions, yet organized religions are always trying to sway governmental policies.

The other major difference between organized religion and government is this......by their very existence, organized religions are discriminatory and exclusive, while governments are non-discriminatory and inclusive.

The real issue is that organized religions are stepping outside of their domain to try and enforce their systems of belief upon all others, without regard to the system of belief of those others.