Meta4

I know you said you did not wish to highjack this thread. However, I think this is too important not to say more.
You stated:
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tax exemption implicitly ties the church and state together, and does influence the church and its membership.

Can you give examples of how this has actually caused a negative effect on what a Church is able to teach?
As I said before, if it starts effecting along those lines; the Church needs give up their tax exempt status. However, until then tax exempt status provides more positives than negatives.
I do agree with you that if the government wishes to regulate religion it will not solely be based on taxes.

Tom