[null and void]

Null and void ~ "I question why any church or religious organization should get special treatment from the IRS or tax code."

UnwashedPeasant ~ First Amendment.

This first amendment?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

Isn't it an violation to play favorites as to what is a religion, establishing what religions are legit and which aren't???

The establishment clause is violated every time any religious organization gets preferential treatment.

[dsc]

“The establishment clause is violated every time any religious organization gets preferential treatment.”

The salient point is that there are things that claim to be religions, but which are not. These groups are entitled to nothing.

[UnwashedPeasant]

The establishment clause"

Read the other clause.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."