IRS loophole gets Minnesota churches off tax-violation hook
The Internal Revenue Service’s investigations into alleged tax violations by two Minnesota-based churches, Living Word Christian Center (LWCC) and Warroad Community Church, have been thwarted by internal procedural problems . . .
On Sunday Sept. 27, the Alliance Defense Fund, a Focus on the Family–affiliated legal group, is encouraging pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit. This year will be the second year of ADF’s “Pulpit Initiative.” Last year 33 churches participated, including Warroad Community Church.
The ADF’s Eric Stanley said that the campaign “is really part of a long, sustained campaign” to get a court challenge to IRS laws governing electioneering. “We feel very confident that when we do, it will not take long for a federal judge to strike down this unconstitutional restriction on churches’ rights.”
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Here is an ironic perspective:
Eliminate tax deductions for all churches, with the exception that they can deduct any charitable contributions that they themselves make.
The result: pastors and congregations all over the country will feel free to endorse whom they like, and pastors will begin to preach the virtues of a lower tax rate.
Morale of the Tale for Secularists: be careful what you ask for.