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Liberal church's tax exemption threatened for anti-war sermon
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:48:36 -0500
Nikon all again Begin forwarded message: From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> Date: November 8, 2005 6:35:08 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Liberal church's tax exemption threatened for anti-war sermon LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service has warned a prominent liberal church it could lose its tax-exempt status because of an anti-war sermon a guest preacher gave on the eve of the 2004 presidential election, church officials say. The Rev. George F. Regas did not urge parishioners at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena to support either President Bush or John Kerry, but he was critical of the Iraq war and Bush's tax cuts. The IRS warned the church in June that its tax-exempt status was in jeopardy because such organizations are prohibited from intervening in political campaigns and elections. ... http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/07/antiwar.sermon.ap/index.html --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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