Erik Stanley says that conditioning a church’s tax exemption on what a pastor says violates the 1st Amendment. Barry W. Lynn says that concerns over ministers’ constitutional rights being violated by tax laws are overblown.
Barry W. Lynn says ministers are free to be politically active without using their organizations’ resources. Erik Stanley says pastors ought to be free to speak openly from the pulpit without any fear
Erik Stanley says the power to tax enables the government to destroy the free exercise of religion. Barry Lynn says that it isn’t unreasonable for organizations that pay no taxes to accept some federal oversight.
