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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Nov 13, 2014, 05:14 PM Nov 2014

Court rejects atheists’ demand to tax clergy housing

Kimberly Winston

(RNS) A federal court of appeals rejected a case brought by an atheist organization that would have made tax-exempt clergy housing allowances – often a large chunk of a pastor’s compensation – illegal.

“This is a great victory for fair treatment of churches,” said Luke Goodrich, deputy general counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which filed an amicus brief on behalf of pastors from several major religious denominations.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/11/13/court-rejects-atheists-demand-tax-clergy-housing/

I posted an earlyier article that was a year old. This is the current article I meant to post.

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