Most churches are 501©3 corporations. I don't have a problem with them being taxed, the Rotary Club isn't either, but they don't have to follow the rules of nonreligion 501©3 corps, which normally have to be very transparent to the IRS and stay out of partisan politics. Technically churches are supposed to stay out of partisan politics too if they're a 501©3, but nothing happens to them if they openly break that rule, most of the time.
The thing that really irks me is that they could incorporate as a 501©4 and only pay taxes on their political activities.
The thing that really irks me is that they could incorporate as a 501©4 and only pay taxes on their political activities.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.