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Our Lawless President
Chicago Sun Times ^

Posted on 01/18/2010 9:52:20 AM PST by schwingdoc

Here's 2 articles:

one is the transcript of our President clearly campaigning for a candidate in a church.

the second is the law which forbids such practice. Its clear. Its delineated. Its without exceptions.

Hope and Change = Lawless and Exempt = Contemptable

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=161131,00.html


TOPICS: Local News; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: coakley; massachusetts; obama; religion

1 posted on 01/18/2010 9:52:21 AM PST by schwingdoc
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To: schwingdoc

One more thing to add to the long list.


2 posted on 01/18/2010 9:55:38 AM PST by GranTorino
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To: schwingdoc

Link doesn’t work.


3 posted on 01/18/2010 9:59:30 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=161131,00.html
4 posted on 01/18/2010 10:01:15 AM PST by plsjr (<>< ... http://NewSpring.cc/webservice - check it out!)
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To: schwingdoc

Nothing new. In the 1980’s they used to take up collections for Jesse Jackson.


5 posted on 01/18/2010 10:01:29 AM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: plsjr

Thanks for fixing that


6 posted on 01/18/2010 10:13:03 AM PST by schwingdoc
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To: schwingdoc

The living document crowd just make up the rules as they go along. NONE of them think the rules apply to the ruling elite. I’ve got news for them, that is exactly why we have a 2nd amendment.


7 posted on 01/18/2010 10:15:13 AM PST by Wurlitzer (Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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To: schwingdoc

Nothing that impeachment and a trial for treason can’t fix.


8 posted on 01/18/2010 10:15:22 AM PST by thethirddegree
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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT EVENT WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY

Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts

Where does the transcript say anything about a church?

9 posted on 01/18/2010 10:18:26 AM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: GranTorino

Exactly


10 posted on 01/18/2010 10:29:36 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: schwingdoc
You're welcome, happy to help.


Johnson wrote this law and pushed it through to shut out his opposition in TX.

The meme about church and state is a lie.
(David Barton of WallBuilders describes the activities and publications of the first congress.)

The law should be repealed. As we can see, the left doesn't feel it applies to them anyway.
11 posted on 01/18/2010 10:32:41 AM PST by plsjr (<>< ... http://NewSpring.cc/webservice - check it out!)
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There is no such law that states that a political endorsement can't take place in a church, per se. The Fed cannot make such a law without violating the First amendment -— that is unless a church surrenders its First Amendment rights, which one does when it files the “contract” with the IRS known as 501(c)(3)

It violates IRS code IF the church is a 501(c)(3).

So first, when making reports about such, it must be established whether or not a church where a political endorsement is being made is under “contract” with the IRS for 501(c)(3) status.

If no 501(c)(3), no code violated.

I don't say this is support of Obama. I only bring it out this way to emphasize that there is a lot of misconception about the issue of what can take place in a church.

A 501(3)(3) church, in affect, allows the federal government to define what it is, what it's officers are, the limits of its activities, etc.

In our view, a 501(c)(3) church is a STATE church. It being a state church, the state is going to determine how to enforce its codes in these matters, and they are not going to touch certain churches -— the ones that are carrying water for the certain people or movements.

If the church (so-called) is a “civil rights” organization masquerading as a church, the IRS will leave it alone. Obama and the church is safe.

12 posted on 01/18/2010 10:37:29 AM PST by John Leland 1789 (But then, I'm accused of just being a troll, so . . . .)
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From Newsmax on November 7, 2000" Jesse Jackson Jr. Says Church Politicking 'Supersedes the Law'

Tuesday November 7, 2000; 9:37 AM ET

Jesse Jackson Jr. Says Church Politicking 'Supersedes the Law'

It may be against federal election law to campaign in church. But for Democrats seeking to get out the vote in minority districts, politicking from the pulpit has become indispensable.

In the last days of this year's campaign, Vice President Al Gore, Senate candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband have all made regular appearances at African-American and Hispanic churches.

Even when parishioners objected to Mrs. Clinton campaigning from the altar at a Rochester, N.Y., Catholic church last week, the rules were not enforced. Those who didn't like it were simply ejected by police while the first lady continued her campaign speech.

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., whose namesake is both a reverend and one of the Democratic Party's most vocal boosters, was challenged on the issue Monday during a Tennessee radio interview on WLAC-AM by "Nashville This Morning" hosts Steve Gill and Terry Hopkins.

GILL: Let me ask you about this. It's against IRS regulations for politicians to campaign from the pulpit. Why are these politicians campaigning in black churches?

JACKSON: I'm not totally convinced that's true in the African-American community. Certainly there's a separation of church and state. But in our community there's little distinction between our religion and our politics. ... And so in many African-American churches born out of experience in this country, the role of the churches has evolved into a very, very active political institution which has been very effective for a number of causes in the black community.

HOPKINS: And that supersedes the law?

JACKSON: Absolutely. Oh, absolutely.

-PJ
13 posted on 01/18/2010 10:55:30 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: plsjr
I noticed the video has been removed. I found another source in the InTouch.org Video Archives. Click the image below and after the page loads, select "November 2009" in the list on the left, then double-click the second video thumbnail from the left (the only one with a person - David Barton - showing)
Christian,America,"United States" "Founding Fathers",WallBuilders,"David Barton"
14 posted on 01/23/2010 1:40:19 AM PST by plsjr (<>< ... http://NewSpring.cc/webservice - check it out!)
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