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This question pertains to the "CON" portion of the passage. Choose the answer that best completes the following question.

Associate Justice of the US Supreme court, William O. Douglas, writes in his dissenting opinion about how nonbelievers deserve the same "protection by the articles of their faith" as believers? What statement most clearly states his meaning?

Nonbelievers are in grave danger when offering churches tax exempt status.
If tax exemption signifies protection based on belief, then nonbelief is also a form of belief, and thus deserves the same protections. By offering tax exemption to one group and not the other, the state is discriminating.
Tax exempt status separates real charities from those just trying to evade their taxes.
None of the above.

Explanation

Answer 2 is correct in that it most clearly encapsulates Douglas' meaning with what he writes in Paragraph 1.