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Under the Internal Revenue Code, all IRC section
501(c)(3) organizations, including churches and religious
organizations, are absolutely prohibited from directly or
indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political
campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate
for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign
funds or public statements of position (verbal or
written) made by or on behalf of the organization in favor
of or in opposition to any candidate for public office
clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign
activity. Violation of this prohibition may result in denial
or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of
certain excise tax.
Which is why there should be no IRS. They are now judges and can arbitrarily decide what defines political vs religious speech. It completely violates the 1st amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
The Pastor who followed Jarrett came closer to violating the law by calling out Gingrich by name, but he did not endorse or oppose Newt. Instead, he merely challenged him to address welfare reform.
Which is why there should be no IRS. They are now judges and can arbitrarily decide what defines political vs religious speech. It completely violates the 1st amendment.
What? It's not like the IRS just made up their own rules. The Internal Revenue Code (a.k.a Title 26 of the U.S. Code) was passed by duly-elected representatives in Congress in 1986. This is the law of the land.
Naw, but only a fool would not know she was campaigning for her boy, The One. Nice try but deflection doesn't always work.
Sorry if in replying to the question "So, why can she get away with it?" I relied on what the law states. The linked report is not specific enough and does not provide the complete context of her speech. If she didn't specifically endorse a candidate in an election then she didn't jeopardize the Churches tax-exempt status.
Unless she is some sort of official representative of that church, I see no danger to their tax-exempt status.
If people can't see how this is NOT a violation of the separation clause, I don't know what to tell them. I would be saying the exact same thing if it was a Republican who had stood up in front of a church.
Which is why there should be no IRS. They are now judges and can arbitrarily decide what defines political vs religious speech. It completely violates the 1st amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
As John Dark stated the IRS didn't make up the law, Congress did.
The Church is still free to say whatever it wants and support who it wants, but if it wants to engage in particular political activity it can't do so with tax-exempt donations. It is Congress (passing a law) and the President(signing the law) that determine how engaged tax-exempt organizations can be in politics.
Plainly speaking, she gets away with it because she's a "progressive/liberal black"! If it happened in a white conservative church, everyone in the church would be under threat by the "injustice attorney general, holder!
I don't think there would be a threat under Holder. I truly believe there'd be a raid with armed SWAT teams in full regalia.
Oh, and to be fair and honest, she WASN'T stumping for Newt......
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