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Current Events » in reply to "bent on destroying religious artifacts": thank you for reinforcing my point.

thank you for reinforcing my point.
gbaikie — (archived)

"Religious artifacts are not to be sponsored, erected or maintained by governmental bodies in the United States, as that violates the anti-establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America."

Religon gets a tax exemption, therefore you could say that the US Federal government sponsors all religons. All non-profits are also sponsored by the govt. If you want the govt to stop sponsoring religion, we should pass laws the they have pay their fair share of the tax burden. Granting exception from taxes is commonly considered a subsidy.
For example if the federal govt ever gets around to passing a temporary tax exemption for private space developmental enterprises, the bean counters will probably insist on considering this a loss to the budget that "has to be paid for". According to this mindset, religon is presently "costing" the federal govt billions of dollar [maybe trillions] each year and of course is sponsoring all kinds of religious artifacts.

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