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Actually it can be argued that taxing churches is actually a truer form of separation of church and state then automatically making them tax exempt.
I can see that argument. However, when I look at the language of the first amendment, rather than the "separation of church and state" description that has become commonplace, I would disagree with the argument.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
When the law starts with the default that a church is tax exempt and the IRS has the burden of proof to revoke if a church has done contrary to the IRS definition, you are less likely to prohibit the free exercise of religion than if you start off placing on a church the burden of proof that it is bona fide.
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