pop morality

[drfuzzy]

As I said, there are churches practically on every street corner in the US.  So there is no need to insist upon religious use of school buildings.
As of 2013, it was estimated that taxing churches would bring in between 71-83.5 billion dollars in revenue per year.  Some websites think that number is ridiculously low.  
Here is a site that presents both sides of the issue:  http://churchesandtaxes.procon.org/

#12 is pretty amusing. According to a quick Google search, the average Catholic priest earns about:

1. $33,279 a year. Those in New York City also make more than most, averaging $45,125 a year, while an Atlanta-based priest can expect a salary of $40,149 a year. The same, however, can't be said for Catholic priests in Dallas, Texas, where salaries average out at $33,279 a year.

It's not so much about the priest or preacher salaries . . . (well, there's Osteen - ) . . . unless I was misinformed, priest salaries are set by their diocese, and are not impacted by how much $$ the church itself rakes in.  No, we're talking about the church's income, the property taxes, etc.  And that $33,000 a year figure is where I JUST got to, in middle age, with 2 Masters degrees and a Doctorate.   $45,000 sounds pretty awesome, when you consider that they have job security, (unless they get caught doing something) and housing supplied.   Making $45,000 with no taxes and free housing just for telling people fairy tales and visiting the hospitals - - it almost makes up for the celibacy requirement, doesn't it?