Progressives violate Establishment Clause through taxpayer-funded green ministries

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Liberty Unyielding:

Hans Bader

November 21, 2014

 

Liberal reporters like separation of church and state, except when it’s violated by their fellow progressives. Then, they lose interest in the concept. A recent Washington Post story cheerily reported on churches getting exemptions from a state-mandated stormwater fee (Maryland’s “rain tax”) in exchange for taking “green” positions, in the progressive bastion of Prince George’s County, Maryland. The story did so without even mentioning the serious issues that raises under the Establishment Clause and the First Amendment.

 

As the conservative Front Page Magazine notes, progressive groups like the ACLU were silent about this Establishment Clause violation by their ideological compatriots on the Left:

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This sets a dangerous precedent. As legal commentator Walter Olson asks, “Since when does government get the power to cut churches tax breaks in exchange for their agreement to preach an approved line?”

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