Americans United Asks IRS to Investigate Los Angeles Church That ‘Tweeted’ Candidate to Victory

[babsbunny]

Americans United Asks IRS to Investigate Los Angeles Church That ‘Tweeted’ Candidate to Victory

http://www.au.org/media/press-releases/archives/2010/05/au-asks-irs-to-investigate.html

May 19, 2010

Church’s Use Of Web Site And Twitter To Endorse Candidate Violates Federal Tax Law, Watchdog Group Says

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate a Los Angeles church that used its Web site and the social networking site Twitter to urge congregants to support a candidate for public office.

Oasis Church posted a statement on its Web site noting that a church official, Alex Jones-Moreno, was seeking reelection to the Greater Wilshire Neighborhood City Council. It asked church members to vote for Jones-Moreno.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Does not sound legal...under separation of Church and state.

Hope the church loses, and a precedent is set for ALL religious interference in politics.

[TommyO]

2. it appears they've already scrubbed their website

I suspect Americans United has screen shots and copies of the tweets.