Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

[Tonus]

So they want to get elected, and they want to stay in power once there. So removing this special treatment would undermine their voter base by pissing off ass wipes who are too used to getting their own way.

Not necessarily. The political power would still be there, and it would probably be more concentrated in the hands of the larger and more affluent churches. In fact, taxing smaller churches could benefit larger ones in the same way that onerous regulations can protect large entrenched businesses; it makes it tougher to survive as a small church, and the disenfranchised members would likely be integrated into the larger ones.

Those larger churches would have the double benefit of extra political influence along with the perfect political topic to promote: the "ongoing persecution of religion in America." My guess? They wouldn't use it as a way to repeal the taxation of churches, but as a way to force religion deeper into secular life.