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I don't see how it would, here is the full text concerning religion. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the fr
by DaedPsyker 5y ago
I don't see how it would, here is the full text concerning religion.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
Part 2 would be the key aspect not part one. The question would be whether the free exercise is inhibited by tax on institutions or whether religion is intangible and separate from institutions and thus still free practice is available.
I'm not sure how it would lean but a somewhat similar concept is tax on guns which is legal, though the wording is different.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoI think an argument would be if a church did not pay its tax what would happen? If the church would be closed that would be in violation of the amendment. However I thought that it is not just that religions are not taxed, but rather that non-profits are not taxed and religions are just a special type of non-profit. on edit: wrote it's instead of its.
- Turing_Machine 5y agoUsing that argument, newspapers shouldn't have to pay taxes either. If a newspaper doesn't pay its taxes, it will be closed, which (according to this argument) would be a violation of the freedom of the press clause.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agogood point, didn't think of that. but the second part still stands, that they don't pay taxes because they are non-profits.