[Winged Hussar]

God BLESS America, McCain 2008

[Winged Hussar]

The "F-bomb" scenario is an important analogy.

It is a matter of record, and the Internal Revenue Service is on record as agreeing, that the United Church of Christ told the Obama campaign ahead of time that no electioneering could take place at a church event. Obama and his staff indicated that they understood and agreed.

Obama then sat down and wrote (thus showing premeditation and malice aforethought) "A Politics of Conscience," which contained extensive campaign-related content in contravention of the rules to which he had agreed. He then delivered this campaign speech and got the United Church of Christ into trouble with the IRS.

Obama's conduct can therefore be compared not merely to someone who calls a talk show, but who appears on it as an invited speaker, and who indicates his understanding of FCC regulsations that prohibit on-the-air profanity. Once the microphone is in his hand, though, he launches into a tirade that includes many of the prohibited words, thus getting the radio station into trouble. The key concept is a deliberate and willful betrayal of another person's or organization's trust, thus demonstrating a total lack of fitness to be trusted with the most important office in the world.

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[Arthur McGowan]

After listening to Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, campaigning for Obama from the pulpit and slamming white men, Hillary!, and AmeriKKKa, how was Obama supposed to know what it was appropriate to say and what wasn’t?

[pnh102]

Unless the IRS steps in and revokes this church’s tax exempt status, what exactly is the point of this assessment?

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

The law that prohibits churches and clergy (but NOT any other tax-exempt organization!) from political speech is a vile legacy from LBJ! Stung by overwhelming criticism from clergy about his corruption, LBJ fathered this bill in 1954 to silence his most effective critics! The law is clearly unconstitutional both as an infringement on freedom of speech, and as government interference in religion, both being First Amendment violations, and because of its unequal treatment of tax-exempt organizations. The law hasn't yet been challenged by the churches out of fear of losing their important tax-exemptions.
However, that's about to change, there is a nationwide movement to start disobeying this law starting in September! Several conservative legal defense organizations have stepped up to offer their services to take this all the way to SCOTUS, where it should be a slam-dunk victory.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080510/32319_Pastors_Encouraged_to_Challenge_IRS_Ban_on_Political_Preaching.htm

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