Tag: tax exemption

October 22, 2012

Pulpit Freedom Sunday Was A Failure Due To Bureaucracy

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Alliance Defending Freedom, which sponsored Pulpit Freedom Sunday on October 7th, claimed over a 1,000 pastors would be taking part in violating the tax laws prohibiting a tax exempt group, such as churches, from electioneering at the pulpit. If the law breaking pastors had done some basic research they would have seen that having a protest now was a waste of time. The IRS suspended investigations of churches in 2009 due to a federal law suit. Basically Pulpit Freedom Sunday was a failure.

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September 24, 2012

Pulpit Freedom Sunday Falsely Thinks Breaking The Law Is Freedom Of Speech

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On Sunday October 7th, Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative evangelical Christian group, will be promoting ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’. It’s an event where the ADF says it has 1,000 pastors pledged to violate Federal tax laws by preaching about the election, endorsing a candidate, and sending a video of their sermon to the IRS. Their stated point is that the tax law prohibiting endorsing specific candidates violates the pastor’s freedom of speech. Once again the religious right is wrong.

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September 27, 2008

Pulpit Freedom Sunday is all about fake outrage

The Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian legal group, is looking for a fight.

It is has talked Christian ministers from 22 states to use their pulpits Sunday to deliver political sermons or endorse presidential candidates. Its goal is to take a test case to the US Supreme Court to overturn the 54 year old ban on churches and other tax exempt groups from getting directly involved in politics or endorsing specific candidates.

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January 13, 2008

Prophets, Profits And Federal Tax Law

There are some ministers of what are known as mega-churches who throw out that notion of a humble preacher who is only in the preaching business to proselytize. The US Senate wants to find out if tax payers are being taken for a ride.

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April 10, 2006

Christian Coalition is shrinking

The Washington Post published a story today that talked about the slow death of the Christian Coalition. It seems that due to Pat Robertson’s big mouth and a settlement with the IRS over violations of their tax exemption, the CC is in debt and people are leaving the group in droves.

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