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They don’t pay for the library so they, as a church, don’t get to use it.

Do American Christian citizens pay taxes? Where do Libraries get the money to be built and stocked?

Certainly there are plenty of christians who liked the outcome of that vote.

Why would they like it?

Me: They don’t pay for the library so they, as a church, don’t get to use it.

You: Do American Christian citizens pay taxes? Where do Libraries get the money to be built and stocked?

I don't mean christian individuals can't use libraries. I'm saying churches can't use them for church use. Tax dollars can't be used to fund church worship and proslytizing and so on. Churches have to build their own places or use private buildings, not goverenment buildings. EIther that or they should pay taxes (but that would be a big mess). Sorry I wasn't clear on that.

Me: Certainly there are plenty of christians who liked the outcome of that vote.

You: Why would they like it?

Because there are plenty of christians who are liberal or libertarian and like the idea of the government and churches staying out of each other's business. There are christian and other mixed religoius groups who lobby for these things. If churches use tax dollars or government buildings, soon they start to rely on those dollars and then the government starts to control them. When people or organizations use government, they are beholden to government rules. Smart to keep it all seperate.

Does religion really need government to prop it up?