Pastor tests IRS by endorsing candidate

Washington Times ^ | June 15, 2010 | Michal Elseth

[murrie]

and besides-there is enough to preach about without even going near politics. Church/pastors should teach and guide and instruct on how to live a life pleasing to God. The other should just be common sense.

[Cowman]

http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/campaigns/barack-obama-endorsement-111.htm

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_bbf3faa8-7984-11df-8d47-001cc4c002e0.html

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194630.php

http://spectator.org/archives/2008/11/04/acorn-endorses-obama

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGC7zm

http://powerliberal.blogspot.com/2009/03/acorn-endorses-doron-clark.html

http://www.sierraclub.org/politics/endorsements/

[gdani]

I refer you to my response in post #17 above.

(Without clicking through all those links) I'm going to guess those endorsements are coming via a technically separate legal entity - not as a purely 501(c)(3) organization - set up so they can officially endorse candidates.

The distinction might not be visible to the public but those non-profits are not about to jeopardize their 501(c)(3) status in such a brazen way. They might be stupid in other ways, but not this one.