A record number of rogue Christian pastors are endorsing candidates from the pulpit this election cycle, using Sunday sermons to defiantly flout tax rules.
Their message to the IRS: Sue me.
But the tax agency is doing anything but. 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.
Read the rest here...
http://politi.co/1vCzwBb
There's a good reason the IRS is not acting. THEY WOULD LOSE! That whole separation of church and state? It's not in the Constitution or any other founding document unless you include Thomas Jefferson's personal letters. The IRS would lose in court on this issue which is why they would rather keep the truth behind the mythology hidden....
Their message to the IRS: Sue me.
But the tax agency is doing anything but. 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.
Read the rest here...
http://politi.co/1vCzwBb
There's a good reason the IRS is not acting. THEY WOULD LOSE! That whole separation of church and state? It's not in the Constitution or any other founding document unless you include Thomas Jefferson's personal letters. The IRS would lose in court on this issue which is why they would rather keep the truth behind the mythology hidden....
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