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It’s not practical to implement this because of the first amendment.
by zeroonetwothree 3y ago
It’s not practical to implement this because of the first amendment.
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- pona-a 3y ago> Congress shall make no law __respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof__; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I'm not sure if I quite understand your point. I suppose profiting off of religion could be potentially considered a form of support, I believe that if anything, a tax exemption is a more meaningful form thereof. Granted, that does not change the fact of the matter, no such law could be instituted today because institutions/entities/people profiting from it are too big to fail. Remember what Scientology did to the IRS?
- FireBeyond 3y agoIt has nothing to do with the first amendment. The government isn't restricting what churches say, it's just saying that they get an active benefit by not talking about political topics (which is widely ignored). They're free to talk about taxes all they like, but that just means they get treated like the rest of us.