Participation in second annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday more than doubles from last year

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
October 5, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Participation in second annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday
more than doubles from last year

More than 80 pastors from 30 states and nation’s capitol
embrace constitutional freedom over IRS censorship

LEAWOOD, Kan. — Eighty-three churches from 30 states and the District of Columbia participated in the Alliance Defense Fund’s second annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday on Sept. 27.  Pastors at those churches preached biblically-based sermons about the positions of electoral candidates and current government officials.  More than twice the number of pastors participating in last year’s inaugural event exercised their constitutional right to free religious expression this year, despite a controversial rule often used by the Internal Revenue Service and activist groups to silence churches.

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