Elf Sternberg

This is precisely why tax exemptions for religion are a bad idea. There is no plausible argument I've ever heard for an actual reason religions should be exempted, except "to support religion" which is inherently a questionable rationale. So long as such benefits exist, there will be arguments about what is, and is not, a religion, and the government will be too involved in what should be a private matter.

It would be much better for all if the special rights for religions went away (which inherently addresses the special rights for *some* religions). People would be *more* free to practice religion as they see fit without government influence, since the government would be less concerned with definitions.

Still wouldn't help with things like peyote, but it would be a step in the right direction.