It is all about the money..
These churches just LOVE the tax exempt status they get from the IRS for not speaking up...
If these churches just exempted themselves, they could say whatever they wanted..
Follow the dollar sign...
Every pastor in the USA should support the FairTax because the FairTax restores EVERY pastor’s First Amendment rights.
No such entity as a “non-profit” under the FairTax — No businesses will pay federal income tax because the FIT is ABOLISHED!
Check it out: http://www.fairtax.org.
The power to tax is the power to destroy. There is a reason that churches are not taxed.
This shouldn’t deprive them of their right to speak out on public issues, or which side of the issues individual politicians have shown themselves to be on.
You only have to know that LBJ was behind the current law to know that it is bad.