Some religions don't have a prayer

Some religions don't have a prayer: "Some religions don't have a prayer

Issues of church and state can be difficult. Even people of tolerance and goodwill often disagree over the application of the First Amendment's religion clauses in this or that context, while people who are totally invested in particular religious doctrines routinely try to rewrite constitutional history in the fond belief that doing so will allow them to 'correct' the religious views of others.

These disputes 'go with the territory' of constitutional government in a country with a religiously diverse citizenry.

Every once in a while, however, we get a church-state conflict that seems truly bizarre. It is interesting how frequently such cases arise in the Great State of Texas, but I digress.

On May 18, the Texas state comptroller ruled that the Red River Unitarian Universalist Church was not a 'religious organization' for tax purposes. The comptroller based her denial of tax-exempt status on the fact that 'the church does not have one system of belief' and does not require belief in a deity."