A U.S. appeals panel dismissed a case that questioned the constitutionality of a tax deduction for clergy. The “parsonage allowance,” which allows clergy to deduct fair market housing costs from their federal taxes, was being challenged as a violation of the First Amendment’s ban on the establishment of religion.
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