“No one has ever suggested that tax exemption has converted libraries, art galleries, or hospitals into arms of the state or employees "on the public payroll." There is no genuine nexus between tax exemption and establishment of religion.”

Walz v. Tax Commission, 397 U.S. 664, 675 (1970).

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