Remember when Reagan asked...

[kj]

Spock wrote:
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Christians should pay their taxes .... kj.

And so should christian churches and any other religious organization.
I'll just give you the abridged version of my argument (that's expanded ad nauseam elsewhere) that the separation of church and state goes both ways, and that there's the very real threat that the gov't could use taxation as a tool of oppression against religions. kj.