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WATCH: Pete Buttigieg Tears Into At Beto On His Church Tax Policy

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South Bend Indiana Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg tore into Beto O’Rourke Sunday after his ridiculous remarks about churches tax-exempt status being threatened if he's elected.

Beto was asked by Don Lemon during the LGBT town hall if he thought religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities, should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage?

Almost without hesitation, he responded with a "Yes," then continued saying, "there can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us."

Buttigieg had the following to say in response to Beto:

“I agree that anti-discrimination law ought to be applied to all institutions, but the idea you are going to strip churches of their tax-exempt status if they have not found their way toward blessing same-sex marriage, I’m not sure he understands the implications of what he’s saying,” Buttigieg told Jake Tapper.

“That means going to war, not only with churches, but with mosques and a lot of organizations that may not have the same view of various religious principles that I do. But also because of the separation of church and state are acknowledged as nonprofits in this country.”

“If we want to talk about anti-discrimination law for a school or an organization, absolutely,” Buttigieg said. “They should not be able to discriminate.”

“But going after the tax exception of churches, Islamic centers or other religious facilities in this country, I think that is just going to deepen the divisions that we’re experiencing at a moment when we’re seeing more and more people motivated often by compassion and by people they love moving in the right direction on LGBTQ rights,” he continued. “Which is obviously extremely important to me personally.”