The power to tax is the power to destroy. If the government had the power to tax organized religions then it most certainly will tax those that oppose its policies into nonexistence.
They will not only say “Now Church you will pay tax on Your property and ON your offerings, but you will also pay back tax to the date of your founding”. Thus the Church will loose its property, its school, and its ability to pay its workers. Soon we will have only underground house churches.
Even apart from the tax exemption issue, the government will be able to destroy churches financially with punitive fines. If two homosexuals want to rent a church hall for a wedding reception and the church refuses, a judge can impose a fine beyond the ability of the church to pay. And of course the homosexuals will target the churches that are least likely to want to allow them to rent the hall...just as they have deliberately targeted bakers.
Even apart from the tax exemption issue, the government will be able to destroy churches financially with punitive fines. If two homosexuals want to rent a church hall for a wedding reception and the church refuses, a judge can impose a fine beyond the ability of the church to pay. And of course the homosexuals will target the churches that are least likely to want to allow them to rent the hall...just as they have deliberately targeted bakers.