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Pulpit Freedom Sunday: Pastors Challenge IRS Ban On Political Endorsements

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In a matter of days, some 1,400 American pastors are planning to break the law. And they're likely to get away with it. As part of 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday,' on Oct. 7, religious leaders across the country will endorse political candidates -- an act that flies in the face of Internal Revenue Service rules about what tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, can and cannot do. The IRS says tax-exempt organizations, or what they refer to as a 501(c)(3), are prohibited from participating in partisan campaigning for or against political candidates. Yet, despite what's in the rules, the agency continues to struggle to do anything about those who defy the law. Though the regulation has been in place since 1954, in 2009, the U.S. District Court of Minnesota ruled the IRS no longer had the appropriate staff to investigate places of worship after a reorganization changed who in the agency...

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Pulpit Freedom Sunday by Dixie Dellinger on Monday, Oct 8, 2012 at 2:13:38 PM
Stop the Cheats With Class-Action Suit by Amanda Lang on Monday, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:30:06 PM
Tax Exemption Violates 1st Amendment? by Amanda Lang on Monday, Oct 8, 2012 at 5:28:04 PM
Maybe, but maybe not by BFalcon on Monday, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:01:36 PM
Love it! by Lester Shepherd on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:28:33 AM
You remind of Ronald Reagan by terrilian on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:41:21 PM
Which bothers you more? by terrilian on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 at 12:58:34 PM
What bothers me most? by Amanda Lang on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:21:09 PM
So the free speech is the problem, and not the money by terrilian on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:47:36 PM