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Old 03-01-2010, 09:19 AM   #112 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The_Dunedan View Post
Try opening a house of worship, be it Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu...it matters not. You still need permission, and if you practice too much free speech inside said house of worship, you lose the various tax exemptions and licensures which make the existence of your Temple, Church, Mosque, etc. possible in our current legal framework.
the restrictions aren't on your religion, it's on your tax status, which is not a Constitutional right. The government isn't saying "you can't say those things", they're saying "if you say those things, we're revoking your tax exemptions". Completely different things
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