Donald Trump wants churches to speak freely about politics without concern about losing their tax-free status. Will he apply this to all religious institutions, or only those he favors, like churches, but not mosques?
He is right that churches should have freedom of speech, but he is wrong that their freedom of speech should be subsidized by the taxpayers.
See “How Trump Would Corrupt the Pulpit”, Steven Waldman, New York Times, 2017-02-02.
Interestingly, he was speaking at an “unconstitutional” gathering: the National Prayer Breakfast. Isn’t this a religious test for public office? Doesn’t this kind of make those who don’t attend look irreligious?
See also http://magree.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-united-states-is-not-christian.html.
