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Commentary: Beto O'Rourke's 'church tax' idea plays into conservative paranoia about same-sex marriage

Is Beto O'Rourke a double agent, insinuated into the Democratic presidential race by Christian conservatives? Of course not, but his suggestion that religious groups should lose their tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage is exactly what such a plant would say.

On last week's CNN Equality Town Hall, moderator Don Lemon asked the former Texas congressman: "Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities - should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose

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