Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

[Jenny A]

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.

Oh come now. All sorts of taxed organizations exist regardless of taxes. In some Islamic countries churches and Christians are taxed more for being Christian (yes that would and should be unconstitutional here) but they continue to exist. Christians in many counties including this one taxed people for not going to church or for being Jewish. Property taxes, income taxes, and sales taxes levied at the same rate everyone else pays are nothing like a prohibition. In fact they would be religious neutral, which is what they should be. As is there is a religious tax privilege.