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This is sad. Churches enjoy tax free status as long as they don't do this. They should have to pay taxes if they do this. It's not a question of freedom of speech it's a question of tax subsidization.
Pulpit Freedom Sunday - 9.25.08 Pastors participating in the Alliance Defense Fund's "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" will preach from their pulpits Sept. 28 about the moral qualifications of candidates seeking political office. The pastors will exercise their First Amendment right to preach on the subject, despite federal tax regulations that prohibit intervening or participating in a political campaign. read more...
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Agreed. Churches shouldn't become overly vested in the future of any particular candidate, for or against. While I don't think the IRS should be the stick used to discourage it, I really don't have any better idea how one would go about it otherwise.
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