Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

[Chad32]

If people don't pay their taxes their homes and properties are seized. Why should churches be different? At least, if that happens, the attendees still have the option of praying in their homes.

When ever you tax something....you get less of it. Want to limit consumption of cigarettes.....put a tax on cigarettes. Want to limit the use of churches....tax churches. Our country was founded on a principle that the government wouldn't do anything unnecessary to limit the exercise of religion. Our country has been getting along just fine without the need of taxing churches for hundreds of years. If we continue to maintain tax exempt status for churches...our country will continue to get along just fine. Why should we violate the founding principles of this country just to satisfy the jealousy of a few atheist?

No, it hasn't been getting along just fine. It was founded as a secular society, but christians have become so entwined with education and politics that some people actually believe it was founded as a christian nation. They believe the first amendment only pertains to freedom of the christian religion.

The point of tax exemption of churches was the separation of church and state, which the churches have been ignoring for far too long.