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To: ancient_geezer
That subset of prohibited activity happens to be a prohibition against a guaranteed right under the 1st amendment of the constitution.

Once again, the revocation is not of the right to speak. Just getting a tax break for charitable actions. The NRA does just fine segratating their political and tax-exempt operations. Their political operations are treated equally under the law as any other political operation - they just are not tax-exempt because they are not charitable.

No First Amendment issues here at all. There is no censorship of the NRA's political views, it's just those views are not promulated with tax-exempt donations. Like every other poltical organization.

249 posted on 07/27/2006 12:39:14 PM PDT by dirtboy (Glad to see the ink was still working in Bush's veto pen, now that he wisely used it on this bill)
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To: dirtboy

There is no censorship of the NRA's political views, it's just those views are not promulated with tax-exempt donations. Like every other poltical organization.

And like every other political organization, the taxation of donations to them are an abridgement of the right of freedom of speech.

Such taxation is still a clear violation of the prohibition of Congress to make law in such situations.

"Congress shall make no law", that abridges the freedom of speech, press, non-violent assembly and petition.

258 posted on 07/27/2006 12:47:54 PM PDT by ancient_geezer (Don't reform it, Replace it.)
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