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1. Giving tax breaks is a Establishment Clause violation.

Tue May 22, 2012, 05:30 PM

May 2012

The churches should be taxed like any other entertainment business.

The churches that don't want tax breaks don't have to take them.

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Forbidding politicking from the pulpit is a Free Exercise violation [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

Giving tax breaks is a Establishment Clause violation. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #1

Exactly cthulu2016 May 2012 #2

"Tax the Churches. hifiguy May 2012 #3

*Sigh* gratuitous May 2012 #4

The complaint is not vagueness cthulu2016 May 2012 #5

Some do, but not all gratuitous May 2012 #7

i can`t remember any of my pastors saying this... madrchsod May 2012 #8

It's not a 1st Amendment issue jberryhill May 2012 #9