The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a new lawsuit claiming the tax break ministers enjoy for housing violates the First Amendment's separation of church and state.
The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation says the housing exemption gives churches an unfair advantage because they can compensate their leaders with tax-free housing. Other nonprofits, such as the foundation, can't do that. So it's suing the federal government to outlaw the housing allowance.
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J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, disagrees. Walker's group opposes direct government funding of religion. Not collecting income tax is a different matter, he said."There's a difference between making an accommodation for religion and endorsing religion," he said. "The housing allowance is an accommodation."
You can read FFRF's suit here.
