Conservative Pastors to Break Law by Endorsing a Candidate

By CNN
Added: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:00:00 UTC

Thanks to Zak for the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woVTAVitd2c

Conservative Pastors to Break Law by Endorsing a Candidate


NY Times: Defying a federal tax law they consider unjust, 33 ministers across the country will take to their pulpits this Sunday and publicly endorse a candidate for president.

They plan to then send copies of their sermons to the Internal Revenue Service, hoping to provoke a challenge to a law that bars religious organizations and other nonprofits that accept tax-deductible contributions from involvement in partisan political campaigns.



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