[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

What's especially outrageous about this is the fact that the I.R.S. has taken no action against other organizations - such as NARAL: Pro-Choice America, the Democratic Leadership Conference, and other organizations - that hold a different point of view and are clearly "political" ... Yet they have NOT been denied tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service.

Pure hyprocrisy from the friendly I.R.S.

If you wish to donate some money to the American Center for Law and Justice go to this website:

http://www.aclj.org/donor.asp

[jimt]

One thing - what's the name of the organization being denied tax exempt status?

[Illbay]

I don't agree that this is "censorship" (press releases are notably willing to include hyperbole), but it IS a clear case of denial of equal protection.

I don't understand, for example, why conservative Christian organizations including churches, have to tiptoe around in order to avoid being penalized just for putting out lists of candidate recommendations, but "historic black churches" which are exclusively pro-Democrat can regularly have liberal Democrat candidates currently running for office come and address the congregation with a stump speech.

[Taxman]

I have been trying for 12 years to enlist the support of prominent religious groups for the National Retail Sales Tax (NRST), without much success.

Every time I see an article related to FReedom of speech and a non-profit, I sort of go into a slow burn when they ignore one simple fact:

The NRST eliminates the distinction between for profit and non profit businesses and organizations!

I remember as a youngster (in the 40s and 50s), when the IRS had no rules restricting FRee speech, that all manner of organizations were FRee to comment on and support various issues, political parties and persons seeking elected office.

I do not know the date (Geezer, do you have that data?), but at some point in our tax history, the legal fiction of the "501 (c) 3" corporation was instituted, and suddenly, those who were one day legal in disrespecting or promoting an issue, political party or candidate for elected office, were, on the next day, threatened with severe financial penalties if they did so.

For the most part, FReedom of speech, expecially FRom the pulpit (unless it was a Black, Democratic church) ceased to exist.

Every person affiliated with a non-profit (or for profit, for that matter) group ought to get behind the NRST, if for no other reason than to restore their FReedom of speech!

“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” [Thomas Jefferson, letter to Benjamin Rush, 1800.]

Click here to help us scrap the Code, scrap the IRS and abolish the VLWC!

You can also click here to sign a petition in support of Fundamental Tax Replacement.

We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.

[Dog Gone]

It's not right to compare a religous organization against some of the others which clearly have a political agenda. Tax-exempt rules are complex.

Frankly, they all ought be taxed. I'm subsidizing every single one of them, and I'm kinda sick of it.

[unixfox]

It's time to cut the head off of this snake and let it bleed to death.

[firewalk]

bttt

[LiteKeeper]

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