Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

[FatAndFaithless]

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.

Woodie will probably say something about how taxing churches could be seen as imposing undue restrictions on worship, which would be prohibiting free exercise.

I'm fine with church's being tax-exempt, they aren't the only tax-exempt organizations, but if they want to be tax-exempt, then they should follow the same documentation process as all other tax-exempt charities.