Church Leaders Refuse Intimidation Tactics Regarding Politics and Voting

Church Leaders Refuse Intimidation Tactics Regarding Politicking

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has been warning churches and pastors that they must abide by federal law regarding how they encourage churchgoers on voting. There's one attorney says the 60,000 churches and religious organizations that have received the letter shouldn't be afraid.
Erik Stanley of Alliance Defending Freedom says Americans United is trying to frighten churches into silence about elections and "moral and biblical issues confronting the candidates."...

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Black Pastors Urged Not to Use Pulpit for Politicking, Says IRS

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Black Pastors Urged Not to Use Pulpit for Politicking, Says IRS

We know they are monitoring this closely because there are many pastors going all out on politics these days.

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Top officials from the Internal Revenue Service recently appeared at an event for African-American clergy to remind religious leaders that federal law prohibits houses of worship from endorsing or opposing candidates for public office.

The May 30 event, which was sponsored by the Conference of National Black Churches and the Congressional Black Caucus, was an effort by President Barack Obama and his congressional allies to instruct pastors in black churches on how to get around a federal law that bars non-profit groups from intervening in partisan politics.

In fact, the presentation in Washington, D.C., was nothing of the kind and amounted to a reminder to church leaders not to engage in pulpit politicking...

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Can IRS Take Tax Exempt Status From Churches for Preaching Politics?

We think that we can all see why this issue is coming up since same sex marriage has been preached all over the country since NC ban on the vote. Pastors meeting in Washington have been warned about political activities that could jeopardize their churches' tax-exempt status.

IRS regional manager Peter Lorenzetti told the Faith Leaders Summit that prohibited activities include endorsing or opposing candidates, campaigning for them, or making contributions to their campaigns.

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