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VIDEOEven those of you who rarely or even never attend church will be mighty tempted to do so, at least online, this Sunday because the guest speaker at the historic Big Bethel AME Church, Martin Luther King's church in Atlanta, will be none other than the notorious Fani Willis. Scheduled time for her speech (sermon?) will be at 10 AM EST. Since the Shtoopgate scandal has broken, we have not heard a peep from Willis, described by Carla Morrison of Chit Chat Communications speaking for Big Bethel AME Church, as "the baddest sistah running around right now." It will be...

Jarrett’s partisan pulpit speech may have violated IRS church-state rules 12:14 AM 01/17/2012 Valerie Jarrett’s partisan speech at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church may have violated the IRS tax rules for churches’ political activities, said a prominent free speech attorney. “It is problematic under current regulations,” said Erik Stanley, a senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, which is campaigning to roll back IRS curbs on believers’ speech. But if the IRS concludes that the church violated the IRS code, the ADF “will represent the church, just as it would represent any church for what is said from the pulpit,”...

ATLANTA — A top White House adviser delivered a message of hope at Martin Luther King's church in Atlanta. Valerie Jarrett spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday and told worshippers that she believed King would "join with us in celebrating the progress we've made" if he were still alive.