Alaska Tax Exemption Challenged As Favoring One Religion

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska is suing the state challenging a law passed in May that broadens the property tax exemption for clergy housing to include housing occupied by religious teachers who are not members of the clergy. The Associated Press says that the suit was filed Monday in state court in Anchorage. The broadened exemption in fact benefits only the Anchorage Baptist Temple. The Alaska ACLU says that the new law not just favors religion, but favors one religious institution.