@Strandjunker I would also suggest ending churches as tax havens based on the Christian Nationalism nonsense being pushed as helping in this effort.

No matter how you regard Scientology, using US funds to purchase foreign land should be enough of a sticking point that not taxing churches has gone on for long enough.

Like citizens, small independent churches should be just as exempt as citizens who make under $16,000 a year, or make a point to actually donate to their local towns and break even (not just donating only to parishioners, anyone who visits a Soup Kitchen who doesn’t disrupt things should get a meal.) But if the Church has a budget over $1 million a year, or the grand poobah owns a private jet, zero pity. Pay up.