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A church is not a government. Governments have special powers that churches do not. Because it has those powers, government has an incredible burden to be fair

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > A church is not a government. A church can be nothing like a government, very much like a government, a de facto government, or a de jure government. In practice, relevant to the specific situation at hand, a religion which is both dominant in a region and possessed of a strong centralizee heirarchy often acts a lot like a government, though it's direct sanctions are generally social (though potentially very powerful in effect, including economically) and often also has substantial influence with the formal government.