AU: “Pulpit Plot: ADF Schemes To Test Tax-Law Limits On Church Partisanship”
Joseph L. Conn has this post on the Americans United for Separation of Church and State site:
According to today’s Wall Street Journal, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is conspiring with a handful of scofflaw clergy to defy the tax-law ban on candidate endorsements by tax-exempt groups. On Sept. 28, these ministers plan to use their pulpits to preach about candidates and spark a showdown.
The ADF, a theocracy-minded legal operation founded by right-wing religious broadcasters, hopes the Internal Revenue Service will launch investigations of these churches, thus opening the door to a federal test case of the constitutionality of the law . . .
I hope clergy across America boldly speak out against the ADF’s nefarious scheme in the loudest possible terms.
Updates:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has also issued this press release: Americans United Condemns Religious Right Plot To Politicize Pulpits.