Do those people who believe in separation of church and state also believe that religious institutions ought?

@roadkill: they're private organizations on public lots. They claim an allegiance to god and suddenly qualify for exemptions from the rules imposed on our citizens by a supposedly secular state? When I buy a house I pay taxes on it, even though I own it outright. Favoritism isn't separation of church and state, it's separation of select individuals from the rest of us. And for the record, the people may choose to pay into the church, but the 'peoples government' has no option to make them accountable to the funds they collect.

@Renee: this is a valid enough point, but how do you define and monitor that? I mean, many companies qualify for tax deductions based on their decisions to enable their employees to possibly qualify for health care. But they control the standard for acceptance onto the policies, and often times force the employees into a situation where they never really qualify for the policy. So long as it's available, it's completely legal to claim it as an exemption. Anybody