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Originally Posted by This_person  IMO, it is because of the charitable works they do. They provide a series of services that are invaluable to society. Since virtually every religion gets the status, and so many other charitable service also get it, it seems appropriate to me. Basically, there need either be this granted to churches, or nobody. |
If there were true seperation of church and state, I would think that would mean no preferential treatment, and be treated just as any other business would be.
Microsoft does much more charitable work than probably 80% of the churches, should they be given a tax free status too?