I hear you there. I was the spouse of a minister and I know what kind of tax breaks clergy and churches get, and I don't think it's right for other than maybe a congregation that is very small. Even then, I doubt it's really legitimate.

And another pet peeve along this line is "In God We Trust" on the currency. C'mon! Separate church and state or have another series of bogus "crusades" against our own people.

Hopefully, one of the secular organizations will file suit and force the churches to pay it back. They were never legally entitled to receive it in the first place.

Nothing about the pandemic prevents parishioners from contributing by mail, etc. Religion should not be classified as a business. For every business, on pays money for a good or service. No good or service is provided. People walk out with what they walked in with. It is a scam and taxpayer money must not be given to non-taxpaying religious hucksters, no matter how established. Was money equally disbursed to Wiccans, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, etc.?

True in a normal situation. Churches were forced to close doors. If they were allowed to be open, they wouldn't be entitled to stimulus money.

Time for civil disobedience there.

These religious fanatics feel they are entitled and are above the law when quoting their religious dogma!!!

They don't pay taxes so why should they receive funding from the Gov't?

Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention. I urge everyone here to click on the link to sign the petition.