Posted on 02/26/2008 8:13:50 PM PST by Winged Hussar
The IRS is investigating the United Church of Christ over a speech Sen. Barack Obama gave at its national meeting last year after he became a candidate for president, the denomination said Tuesday.
Obama, an Illinois Democrat, belongs to the 1.2 million-member Protestant group through his Chicago congregation.
In a letter the denomination received Monday, the IRS said "reasonable belief exists" that the circumstances surrounding the speech violated restrictions on political activity for tax-exempt organizations. The denomination has denied any wrongdoing.
United Church of Christ, link to IRS letter:
http://www.ucc.org/news/obama-speech-in-2007-prompts-1.html
The Clintons have been getting away with this for years...so why the sudden interest in Barak?
They should check the mosques as well.
Someone in the government has an axe to grind............ probably some left over Clinton crony gettin some payback.
Shhhh...don't put the whammy on this. I would be fantastic to nail a Black Church for once.
1.2 million member cult
You believe a Christian would be giving speeches in a mosque?
No!
You can’t use non-profit church organizations for political activities?
The HELL you say!?!
That would be illegal, and immoral, and not in accordance with biblical doctrine!
But, hey! This is America. We only enforce the laws we choose to enforce.
Si, se puede.
“The Clintons have been getting away with this for years...so why the sudden interest in Barak?”
Because he is *not* a Clinton.
“I would be fantastic to nail a Black Church for once”
they are investigating the ENTIRE church 1.5 million members...... all of which are WHITE! The church Obama attends is the only black congregation out of all the churches!
you believe obama is a christian?
“but he was a member of a church”
what church?
“ahhh ummmm”
yes, exactly
Just the fake Christians.
One bad apple...
No, the IRS controls who gets non profit status, and it requires that you do not use that non profit organization for political endorsement of any party or candidate. The church official signs an agreement when applying for that status.
If you do, then they retain the right to revoke, suspend or remove your non profit status. This is highly enforced if it is a church. It does happen, but usually through ignorance about that law.
Please do your homework before posting rubbish and making yourself look like an idiot. This is Free Republic.
That would probably apply to a large number of people and many, many politicians. Who knows?
As the Clintons have proved, black churches are exempt the IRS regulations - so too, it seems, is Hussein Obama.
what, are you an obama supporter now?
“I would be fantastic to nail a Black Church for once.”
Racist...
from Wikipedia:
The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the union of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.