‘Not sure he understood the implications’: Buttigieg knocks O’Rourke call to tax churches

Published October 13, 2019 1:52pm ET



Pete Buttigieg does not agree with Beto O’Rourke’s idea to strip religious institutions of their tax-exempt status.

Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday, Buttigieg, who is gay, said O’Rourke’s view that churches should be taxed if they don’t support same-sex marriage is a step too far.

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