Preachin' Politics From the Pulpit

Not The Guardian · Sep 23, 2012

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Can anyone explain to me why churches are free from taxes while at the same time (*)(*)(*)(*)ting on the Constitution and the wishes of the Founding Fathers?

More than 1,000 pastors are planning to challenge the IRS next month by deliberately preaching politics ahead of the presidential election despite a federal ban on endorsements from the pulpit.

The defiant move, they hope, will prompt the IRS to enforce a 1954 tax code amendment that prohibits tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, from making political endorsements. Alliance Defending Freedom, which is holding the October summit, said it wants the IRS to press the matter so it can be decided in court. The group believes the law violates the First Amendment by muzzling preachers.

The purpose is to make sure that the pastor -- and not the IRS -- decides what is said from the pulpit, Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the group, told FoxNews.com. It is a head-on constitutional challenge.

Stanley said pastors attending the Oct. 7 Pulpit Freedom Sunday will preach sermons that will talk about the candidates running for office and then make a specific recommendation. The sermons will be recorded and sent to the IRS.

Were hoping the IRS will respond by doing what they have threatened, he said. We have to wait for it to be applied to a particular church or pastor so that we can challenge it in court. We dont think its going to take long for a judge to strike this down as unconstitutional.

An amendment was made to the IRS tax code in 1954, stating that tax-exempt organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.
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Go ahead and do it, preachers. And go ahead and take away the tax free status of all churches, SCOTUS!

trucker · Sep 23, 2012

we where all free before 1913, then we where tricked to finance foreign war involvements that was ww#1 and they never pull the Matrix plug from us all

after the war ended.. at least there the last to not have it put in, more power to them to fight for peace.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/qt/incometax.htm

Angedras · Sep 23, 2012

I lay no claim to being able to explain.

I only wish to say, I am all for eliminating tax free status to churches AND charitable organizations. As well as eliminating tax deduction on donation to such.

...you (anyone in general) wanna contribute freely to a church or organization, by all means, do so. But don't get all warm and fuzzy feeling inside by doing so while at the same time shifting the financial burden to me (as another taxpayer).

Just a thought

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