Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
Doesn't this view require you to believe that any income that isn't paid in taxes (i.e. anything you get to keep for yourself) amounts to a government subsidy? That the simple act of leaving a religious institution, or anyone else, alone is a form of support?
Governments have traditionally encouraged charitable activities by various means, but I don't see any reason to encourage religion by subsidizing church properties, or proselytizing (which I understand is rampant in the military), or any other manifestation of frank dogma.