Posted on 07/21/2014 3:43:53 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Internal Revenue Service said it will monitor churches and other houses of worship for electioneering in a settlement reached with an atheist group.
The settlement was reached Friday (July 18) in federal court in Madison, Wis., where the initial lawsuit was filed in 2012 by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based atheist advocacy group that claims 20,000 members nationwide.
The suit alleged the IRS routinely ignored complaints by the FFRF and others about churches promoting political candidates, issues or proposed legislation. As part of their tax-exempt status, churches and other religious groups are prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity.
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I know of a few chl’s in my congregation... one’s in the choir!
Shouldn’t it read “IRS has been monitoring white churches that have conservative pastors and will begin harassment scare tactics”
There's something very wrong with that phrase.
Is this the “Christian left” churches too or only the “religious right” churches? The county sheriffs need to arrested every one of these corrupt, political bass turds that rides into town.
I think pastors and have a duty to point out the moral law as written in the bible. Ultimately a pastors can only help guide you to the truth as written. To suggest otherwise is a bit loony. No Pastor in america will hold a gun to your head, and order you on way or the other. Their after souls not votes.
hmm. so are the "faith-based" organizations that Zero is working with to smuggle illegals and steal children violating their tax exempt status?
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