Ministers Threatened with Jail/Fines For Refusing to Officiate at Gay Weddings

[Heywood]

That is essentially true. A government could use differential taxation to discriminate among religions, to lighten the burden of a favored group and increase the burden on ones not in favor.

That's a good point. Don't like a particular church that's been there for 100 years.....over inflate the value of their property. Who's to say that cathedral isn't worth a billion dollars. Its not like there's are dynamic market for them.

Maybe if the fire and police levies were based strictly on square footage of the lot and not the value of the lot/improvements....then I would be okay with churches paying fire and police levy. You'd have to raise the tax on everyone which would make it hard to punish a church you don't like.