IRS faces lawsuit for failing to enforce church electioneering ban
The Internal Revenue Service was unable to suppress a lawsuit over its failure to audit thousand of churches that allegedly violated federal tax law by engaging in partisan advocacy. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman of the Western District of Wisconsin on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation against the IRS.
“If it is true that the IRS has a policy of not enforcing the prohibition on campaigning against religious organizations, then the IRS is conferring a benefit on religious organizations (the ability to participate in political campaigns) that it denies to all other 501(c)(3) organizations, including the Foundation,” Adelman wrote.
The Internal Revenue Code prohibits tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations, including churches, from intervening or participating in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) group that is arguing the IRS is unlawfully favouring church groups. A federal judge has agreed
more on the suit from the FFRF site
Response to the ruling from The Christian Post
It's about time abuses of religious electioneering ban are addressed. I'm cynical enough to expect the religious lobby is powerful enough to squash this feeble attempt, but it's better than continuing to ignore the blatant law breaking that has gone on for decades.
And I am cynical enough not to take something like this at fa e value.
And I am cynical enough not to take something like this at fa e value.
What is religious electioneering? Don't tell me I have to learn another new buzzword! :mrgreen:
Good evening, SMTA. :2wave:
What is "fa e value"?
What is religious electioneering? Don't tell me I have to learn another new buzzword! :mrgreen:
Good evening, SMTA. :2wave:
Pastors pledge to defy IRS, preach politics from pulpit ahead of election
More than 1,000 pastors are planning to challenge the IRS next month by deliberately preaching politics ahead of the presidential election despite a federal ban on endorsements from the pulpit.
The defiant move, they hope, will prompt the IRS to enforce a 1954 tax code amendment that prohibits tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, from making political endorsements. Alliance Defending Freedom, which is holding the October summit, said it wants the IRS to press the matter so it can be decided in court. The group believes the law violates the First Amendment by “muzzling” preachers.
“The purpose is to make sure that the pastor -- and not the IRS -- decides what is said from the pulpit,” Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for the group, told FoxNews.com. “It is a head-on constitutional challenge.”
Read more: Pastors pledge to defy IRS, preach politics from pulpit ahead of election | Fox News
What is religious electioneering? Don't tell me I have to learn another new buzzword! :mrgreen:
Good evening, SMTA. :2wave:
The word 'Face' spelled with big fingers on an iphone keyboard! :mrgreen:
No new code words here.....
Don't know why you haven't heard about this problem. It has been around for a while
Basically there is a subset of Christians which demands exemption from taxes that other groups must pay while objecting to an IRS regulation that calls for political neutrality from groups receiving religion-based exemptions.
Easy solution -- pay your taxes and speak your mind.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) group that is arguing the IRS is unlawfully favouring church groups. A federal judge has agreed
more on the suit from the FFRF site
Response to the ruling from The Christian Post
Don't know why you haven't heard about this problem. It has been around for a while
Basically there is a subset of Christians which demands exemption from taxes that other groups must pay while objecting to an IRS regulation that calls for political neutrality from groups receiving religion-based exemptions.
Easy solution -- pay your taxes and speak your mind.
The word 'Face' spelled with big fingers on an iphone keyboard! :mrgreen:
No new code words here.....
It is a technology based speech impediment.
Well played.
I hope the lawsuit is successful. It is ridiculous that I as a taxpayer have to subsidize the odious activities of rightwing churches and their Obamaphobia fetish.
Research Report: How Secular Humanists (and Everyone Else) Subsidize Religion in the United States
While some people may be bothered by the fact that there are pastors who live in multimillion dollar homes, this is old news to most. But here is what should bother you about these expensive homes: You are helping to pay for them! You pay for them indirectly, the same way local, state, and federal governments in the United States subsidize religion—to the tune of about $71 billion every year.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation is a 501(c)(3) group that is arguing the IRS is unlawfully favouring church groups. A federal judge has agreed
more on the suit from the FFRF site
Response to the ruling from The Christian Post
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