Originally Posted by garysher

Did anyone pay taxes to promote slavery?

Yes. By funding a government that allows slavery you are guilty by association.


Did anyone pay taxes to support homosexual marriage?

In Massachusetts - yes. See above



While we all must pay taxes to support the Iraq War whether we approve or not, nothing about the Iraq war (or your other examples) is mind or thought controlling. A state supported religion is meant to control minds.

No it isn't !!

Britain has a state religion - the Church of England. Britain also has freedom of religion, and has done for centuries.

Britain has the largest mosque and the largest Hindu temple in Europe. Millions of people are anything but Anglican, or have no religious faith at all.

Italy, home to the Catholic church, can tell a similar story about the co-existence of state religion with complete religious toleration.

Where do you get this nonsense about "controlling minds"?



Furthermore, any religion which needs the aid of government to succeed wouldn't be worth worshiping anyway.