'Justice Sunday' How does this NOT violate CHURCH & STATE regs?

[JRob]

Such blatant cheer leading for the RW agenda should lead to a loss of tax exempt status...

Interesting though, look at what was posted on Yahoo news (be sure to vote it up:

Liberal religious groups challenge 'Justice Sunday'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal religious leaders on Thursday criticized Sunday's planned rally to back U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and said its Christian conservative organizers should not drag religion into his confirmation fight

There is no one religious position on the Roberts nomination, no one religious view on the future of the court or the cases it will hear," Rev. Bill Sinkford, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, told reporters in a conference call.

Sinkford and other religious leaders criticized plans for the evangelical rally, which is designed to build support for Roberts' nomination and highlight what organizers say is the court's judicial activism and hostility to religion.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050811/pl_nm/court_roberts_religion_dc

[napi21]

1. Has ANY religious org. ever lost their tax exemption ?

I sure haven't ever heard of any!

[JRob]

3. I doubt it. At least no Christian org.

[kestrel91316]

2. Republicans get a special exemption from obeying laws, silly.

[napi21]

4. Interesting! Here's a clip from the IRS requirements.

Exemption Requirements

To be tax-exempt as an organization described in IRC Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, an organization must be organized and operated exclusively for one or more of the purposes set forth in IRC Section 501(c)(3) and none of the earnings of the organization may inure to any private shareholder or individual. In addition, it may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities and it may not participate at all in campaign activity for or against political candidates.

The organizations described in IRC Section 501(c)(3) are commonly referred to under the general heading of "charitable organizations." Organizations described in IRC Section 501(c)(3), other than testing for public safety organizations, are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions in accordance with IRC Section 170.


http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=96099,00.html

[Toots]

5. "campaign activity for or against political candidates",but issues are ok

That is the catch. They say all they are addressing are the issues, they just somehow happen to be the exact same "issues" their candidate is addressing and their candidate happens to somehow be at their church.