Monday, November 3, 2014

Churches endorse candidates and IRS ignores them again.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/churches-endorse-candidates-irs-ignores

Rogue pastors have been ignoring IRS rules and endorsing candidates from the pulpit in the run-up to Tuesday's elections.
Although the IRS was sued itself for not enforcing the law and admitted about 100 churches may be breaking the rules, the pastors and their critics alike say the agency is looking the other way. The agency refuses to say if it is acting.
At the same time, the number of pastors endorsing candidates in what they call Pulpit Freedom Sunday jumped from 33 people in 2008 to more than 1,600 this year, according to organizers, Alliance Defending Freedom. And this year, they've stepped up their drive, telling pastors to back candidates any Sunday up until the election, not just one Sunday as in past years…

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