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  • Texas official says Unitarian church not a tax-exempt religion

    05/19/2004 8:58:20 AM PDT · by Egregious Philbin · 47 replies · 1,204+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | 5/17/04 | R. A. Dyer
    AUSTIN, Texas - (KRT) - Unitarian Universalists have for decades presided over births, marriages and memorials. The church operates in every state, with more than 5,000 members in Texas alone. But according to the office of Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, a Texas Unitarian church isn't really a religious organization - at least for tax purposes. Its reasoning: The organization "does not have one system of belief." Never before - not in this state nor any other - has a government agency denied Unitarians tax-exempt status because of the group's religious philosophy, church officials say. Strayhorn's ruling clearly infringes upon...