“Pastors encouraged to violate IRS ban on partisan politics”
The AP reports on the Washington Post: “The Alliance Defense Fund, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., will ask the clergy to deliver a sermon about specific candidates Sept. 28. If the action triggers an IRS investigation, the legal group will sue to overturn the federal rules, which were enacted in 1954.”
WorldNetDaily reports: Pastors called to defy IRS censorship rules: New campaign challenges 1954 tax law banning speech on candidates’ positions. It begins:
Christian pastors should stop censoring themselves in fear of an “unconstitutional” 1954 provision in the IRS code that has threatened to eliminate their church tax-exempt status if they speak out against positions held by political candidates, urges a leading legal alliance.
The Alliance Defense Fund today announced a new initiative that will challenge the IRS ban on political comment from churches and their pastors.
“Churches have for too long feared the loss of tax exempt status arising from speech in the pulpit addressing candidates for office,” the ADF’s white paper on the campaign confirmed. “Rather than risk confrontation, pastors have self-censored their speech, ignoring blatant immorality in government and foregoing the opportunities to praise moral government leaders . . .
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Please…keep up the good work!! I am actually in the process of writing a book on these very issues, but as an unpublished author, I am limited in what I can do. You are so blessed, and I am certain guided by the Holy Spirit. Please do not give up this critical battle!
God Bless you,
Michele Yokum