Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

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I don't see what this has got to do with the first amendment. It's a business, pay tax. Am I missing something?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

Tax doesn't prohibit anything. I mean, all the normal laws apply to a church, you can't start killing people because you're in there. It's not making a law respecting religion, it's expecting people who earn money to be under the same rules as anyone else.