I am confused. The founding fathers wanted a separation of church and state.
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They did not want a repeat of a powerful church that influenced government in America.
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Did you mean England where the founding fathers being Puritans were persecuted by the state Church?
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if churches want federal money, they can pay some damn taxes.
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The mere fact that they are given the benefit of not paying taxes is co-joining church & state. Take deductions like everyone else.
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Actually, imposing taxes on the Church would be to unite it deeper with the State. No taxes = greater separation, obviously.
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Actually, no. Treating the church differently from everyone else is the state granting special privileges.
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I disagree. Ignoring it from taxes is merely leaving it alone. Taxes are an imposition from the State, something that unite us to it.
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Handing out special privleges is not leaving them alone, it's giving them a leg up to profit.
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The State isn't "handing out" anything, it's simply "withdrawing taking from". Our semantic differences are interesting ;)
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Except that all parties (and seemingly every Justice) acknowledges there is no actual Establishment Clause issue here. So no "chipping."
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Dear Supreme Court Justices, A reminder: YOUR JOB IS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION.
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So Gorsuch said it's “discrimination on the basis of religious status.” It's called sep of church & state. It's the damn law.
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Undoubtedly, Gorsuch should look to you for guidance, and not whatever it is he's quoting there. I'm waiting for where this "damn law" is.
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I would hope he'd look to the constitution and precedent and not my twittered opinions. Lol
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He is.
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Phrase "separation of church and state" is no where in the Constitution. Read it.
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So much for the Constitution and the Founding Fathers...

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If Christians don't want government in their churches, then keep churches out of goverment. Simple.
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