The founders of the US didn’t want it to become like England. England gave special tax breaks for churches and churches became very, very influential parts of t

The founders of the US didn’t want it to become like England. England gave special tax breaks for churches and churches became very, very influential parts of the State due to tax policy alone. As such, the idea was that if churches are tax exempt they would stay out of politics mostly given they don’t pay taxes in the first place. As it stands any persistent form of power (corporate, religious, perhaps even academic) that seeks to further entrench itself will seek out forms of power such as a government or large multinational to ingratiate itself to. Separation of state and anything else at all would probably have been the better doctrine to establish and follow, but oh well we’re screwed now