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Federal Government to pay pastor salaries

ttwtt78640 said:
OK, how can you rationalize this (complete?) "separation of church and state" with federal taxation of a preacher's income? How about using public funds to place religious symbols on the grave markers of fallen soldiers? How about declaring Christmas (Christ's mass?) as a federal holiday (holy day?)?
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1.) Religion is not exempt from other secular laws, such as drug laws, sexual abuse or building codes, and most recently social distancing/quarantine.

2.) Those markers on graves are assumed to be the person's eternal home, are protected by their religious freedom, and as such are not a state endorsement of any religion, even in a government or military cemetery. There is a long list of religious icons, including atheism, that can be engraved on a DoD headstone. Available Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones and Markers - National Cemetery Administration

3.) Christmas, Good Friday and Easter, among other Christian holidays, should not be a federal holiday because other religions do not receive the same benefit. Yom Kippur, Passover, Ramadan, Hindu, Buddhist, and the Pagan sabbats, among many other religious feast days, are not federally recognized holidays.
 
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