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Old 03-07-2013 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by NERD
Why are churches tax emempt, the priests/pastors income, property taxes? Are they not a business?
Originally Posted by GunshipGuy
Can't have it both ways...separation of church and state.
There is no such thing as "separation of church and state". Those words don't appear anywhere in our constitution. This is what actually is in our constitution's first amendment:

"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."

Carl