Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?

[Jenny A]

To convince me that it would be constitutional to tax churches you would need to show:

1)The tax would not impede the free exercise of religion.
2)The state has a compelling interest in taxing all persons equally(I'm figuring that a church is a person for purposes of law).

What part of treating equally situated persons equally, is not compelling to you? Equality before the law is a compelling interest.

And frankly, I don't see how taxing organizations for churches for money collected would prohibit the free exercise of religion. If money is necessary to exercise religion than all taxes that affect the pocket books of religious persons impede religion. Impede is not the standard. Prohibit is.