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> Taxation, and subsequent compliance costs, serve as restrictions on such exercise. My personal taxes more directly deprive me of life, liberty, or property,
by drewcoo 3y ago
> Taxation, and subsequent compliance costs, serve as restrictions on such exercise.
My personal taxes more directly deprive me of life, liberty, or property, as protected by the 14th amendment. Even without money, people can worship (which is what I assume "free exercise [of religion]" means).
Trying to interpret the words ourselves is not useful. Throngs of lawyers and judges determine what the words actually mean, what's enforceable.
- solatic 3y ago> Even without money, people can worship (which is what I assume "free exercise [of religion]" means). Not necessarily. Jewish prayer requires a quorum of ten, and requires communal institutions for ritual baths. A law such as "any property whose primary purpose is for religious observance shall be subject to an additional $x million/period 'religious property' tax" would clearly run afoul of the First Amendment.