Pastors plan to 'bait' IRS with pulpit politics

[Swede]

On Sunday, a group of 100 preachers nationwide will step into the pulpit and say the only words they're forbidden by law from speaking in a church.
They plan to use the pulpit as a platform for political endorsements, flouting a federal law that threatens churches with the loss of their nonprofit status if they stray too far into partisan politics.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-09-26-irs25_ST_N.htm

[Cirque du So-What]

1. In recent years I can recall only one instance

where a pastor spoke in favor of Democratic ideals - an Episcopal priest at a church in California, and he spoke in very broad terms only. The IRS jumped on it right away, of course. Meanwhile, RW fundie nutjobs speak in favor of specific candidates with impunity...yet the fuckers cry 'persecution' at every turn. Welcome to Bizarro World!

[COLGATE4]

2. Wait and see the lack of interest/action that this promotes on

the part of the IRS and/or the Dept. of Justice. Yawn. Nothing to see here folks - move along.

[LiberalFighter]

3. The names of the church members should be filed and their deductions denied

when they file their tax returns.