Churches, schools, hospitals, and cemeteries not organized for profit are exempt from taxation. Public aid to any sectarian purpose is prohibited by the Constitution. Clergymen are not in terms exempt from jury duty, but are always excused as a matter of custom. They are specifically exempt ...
Under the White House’s proposal, most employers must cover contraception in their employees’ healthcare plans without charging a co-pay. Churches and houses of worship are exempt altogether. Religious-affiliated institutions, such as Catholic hospitals and schools, don’t have to pay for the co...
The Branch Davidians got along well with those of the surrounding community. They had some religious beliefs that made them different from other churches, but, then, many of the so-called standard churches differ from each other. Their religious differences were certainly no excuse for the United...
Many Jesuit missions, churches, and schools also benefited from the sale of enslaved Africans and African Americans; the profits from such trafficking were used to support or expand the order’s institutions. By the mid-18th century and the beginning of the suppression, the Jesuits’ holdings ...