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« on: June 23, 2019, 12:57:51 AM »

I'm going to say no. The precedent under McCulloch v. Maryland is that "the power to tax is the power to destroy" so forcing churches to pay taxes would also allow the government to ban them and shut them down, a clear First Amendment violation.

Furthermore requiring churches to pay taxes despite being non-profit and not other non-profit organizations would also be a blatant First Amendment violation.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
Atlas Prophet
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Posts: 113,431
Ukraine


Political Matrix
E: -6.50, S: -6.67

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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2019, 12:16:31 PM »

While it would be unconstitutional to tax churches but not to tax other non-profits, it would be fully constitutional to tax all non-profits equally.
What about the McCulloch v. Maryland precedent?
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