Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

[Heywood]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

By granting a tax exemption for property not granted to others, I'd say Congress is establishing religion. Taxing property and income in the same way it taxes everyone else and every other organization is not prohibiting.

You can say that Congress is establishing religion but this argument is impotent because you already assume those religions would exist or continue to exist regardless of whether or not the state taxes them.

You can't have it both ways.