Pastors accuse Barry Lynn of ‘intervening in campaign’
By sending [a] complaint letter [about a Texas pastor] on March 6, 2008, we believe AU was intervening in a campaign by intentionally attempting to chill the speech of a supporter of a candidate in an effort to both chill the pastor and harm the candidate’s campaign,” said a letter to the IRS from the Houston Area Pastor Council. “That is in direct violation of the IRS’s prohibition on non-profits intervening in political campaigns.”