Religious Enemies of Liberty . . .

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It is rare for a self-proclaimed "conservative" minister to ever voice anything but the mildest criticism of government, for they are all in mortal fear of losing their tax exemptions for doing so.  Not only that, but many churches receive direct grants from the government and are therefore bribed into silence.  Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, and the Jewish Federations receive more than half of their revenues from governments, for example.

President George W. Bush dealt a death blow to true religious freedom with his "Faith-Based Initiative" that dishes out several billion dollars each year in taxpayer dollars to (presumably politically well-behaved) churches.  Obama has continued and escalated these subsidies.

Read on:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/08/thomas-dilorenzo/the-religious-enemies-of-liberty/