http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=5615559
Reported by Janice Broach
Reported by Janice Broach
Ford rally at COGIC church raises IRS questions
Oct 31, 2006 04:42 PM
Church Candidates IRS
Tuesday at Harold Ford Junior Campaign Headquarters, hundreds of people picked up tickets for Wednesday's free rally featuring former President Bill Clinton and Harold Ford Junior. The rally is scheduled to be held at the Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ, which raised eyebrows in some political circles.
A newspaper ad announcing the rally states it is not a church-sponsored event, and a property rental fee was paid to secure the church by Harold Ford Junior for Tennessee. Still, some wondered if an obscure IRS regulation could mean trouble for the church after the rally is held. An IRS law states tax exempt "organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office...Violation of this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes."
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There are pleanty of abandon shopping malls or other places that could be used instead of a church! Thunderstorms are predicted for today hehehe
I read the church was only about 3/4 full. If true shows how low Clinton is dropping in the South at least.