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Re:So you want to tax the rich? OK, let's start with Harvard by krapp on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:10AM (#26967681)
The parent explicitly pointed out that religious organizations don't operate outside the law. If they did, literally every corporation and political party in the US would also establish itself as a religion.

What Congress isn't allowed to do is pass a law stating "no religious organizations in the US are allowed to practice human sacrifice." But you still wouldn't be able to appease Xanakto the Moon God because Congress is still allowed to make murder illegal in general, just not exclusively in the context of religious practice.

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Re:So you want to tax the rich? OK, let's start with Harvard by ahD5zae7 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:27AM (#26968560)
But not paying taxes on your income is illegal "in general". So one could interpret that as "all organisations should pay taxes if they have income"...
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Re:So you want to tax the rich? OK, let's start with Harvard by krapp on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:29PM (#26972486)
As I understand it, religious organizations have tax exempt status as non-profits under laws which also include educational and scientific institutions.

And, ironically, the reason religious organizations are included at all is the belief that taxing them would provide a means by which governments could interfere with religion in violation of the First Amendment.

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