Judge Declares Tax Exclusion For Clergy Housing Payments Unconstitutional

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has won a stunning victory in the United States District  Court For The Western District Of Wisconsin where Judge Barbara Crabb has ruled that a substantial tax benefit enjoyed by many thousands of clergy - ministers, priests, rabbis, imams and others - is unconstitutional.  Code Section 107(2) provides that the gross income of a "minister of the gospel" does not include: the rental allowance paid to him as part of his compensation, to the extent used by h...