[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help] 

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

Deep Intel on the Damning New F-35 Report

CONFIRMED “A 757 did NOT hit the Pentagon on 9/11” says Military witnesses on the scene

NEW: Armed man detained at site of Kirk memorial: Report

$200 Silver Is "VERY ATTAINABLE In Coming Rush" Here's Why - Mike Maloney

Trump’s Project 2025 and Big Tech could put 30% of jobs at risk by 2030

Brigitte Macron is going all the way to a U.S. court to prove she’s actually a woman

China's 'Rocket Artillery 360 Mile Range 990 Pound Warhead

FED's $3.5 Billion Gold Margin Call

France Riots: Battle On Streets Of Paris Intensifies After Macron’s New Move Sparks Renewed Violence

Saudi Arabia Pakistan Defence pact agreement explained | Geopolitical Analysis

Fooling Us Badly With Psyops

The Nobel Prize That Proved Einstein Wrong

Put Castor Oil Here Before Bed – The Results After 7 Days Are Shocking

Sounds Like They're Trying to Get Ghislaine Maxwell out of Prison

Mississippi declared a public health emergency over its infant mortality rate (guess why)

Andy Ngo: ANTIFA is a terrorist organization & Trump will need a lot of help to stop them

America Is Reaching A Boiling Point

The Pandemic Of Fake Psychiatric Diagnoses

This Is How People Actually Use ChatGPT, According To New Research

Texas Man Arrested for Threatening NYC's Mamdani

Man puts down ABC's The View on air

Strong 7.8 quake hits Russia's Kamchatka

My Answer To a Liberal Professor. We both See Collapse But..

Cash Jordan: “Set Them Free”... Mob STORMS ICE HQ, Gets CRUSHED By ‘Deportation Battalion’’

Call The Exterminator: Signs Demanding Violence Against Republicans Posted In DC

Crazy Conspiracy Theorist Asks Questions About Vaccines

New owner of CBS coordinated with former Israeli military chief to counter the country's critics,

BEST VIDEO - Questions Concerning Charlie Kirk,

Douglas Macgregor - IT'S BEGUN - The People Are Rising Up!

Marine Sniper: They're Lying About Charlie Kirk's Death and They Know It!


Dead Constitution
See other Dead Constitution Articles

Title: IRS Threatens Church's Tax Status Over Obama's Hartford Speech; Perez Asks Congress to Investigate IRS
Source: Hartford Courant
URL Source: http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2008/02/irs-threatens-c.html
Published: Feb 27, 2008
Author: Mark Pazniokas
Post Date: 2008-02-28 16:08:18 by aristeides
Keywords: None
Views: 147
Comments: 7

IRS Threatens Church's Tax Status Over Obama's Hartford Speech; Perez Asks Congress to Investigate IRS

Hartford Mayor Eddie A. Perez asked Congress today to investigate the IRS' threat to strip the United Church of Christ of its tax-exempt status over Barack Obama's speech to a church convention in Hartford in 2007.

"If the IRS is successful, every church synagogue and mosque that invites an elected official to speak on issues such as the war in Iraq, abortion, the environment, labor and other issues of social justice could fear loss of their non-profit status," Perez said.

He is asking U.S. Sens. Christopher Dodd and Joseph Lieberman and U.S. Rep. John B. Larson to intervene.

"This IRS action should outrage members of both parties and people of faith throughout the country," Perez said.

A letter from the IRS to the church says candidates are permitted to speak at church functions, but if a candidate is speaking "in his or her capacity as a candidate, then other candidates running for the same office must also be invited."

The church says Obama, a UCC member, was one of 60 speakers from many fields invited to talk about the intersection of their faiths and vocations. He was invited a year before becoming a presidential candidate.

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest

#1. To: All (#0)

Obama, an active member of the United Church of Christ for more than 20 years, addressed the UCC's 50th anniversary General Synod in Hartford, Conn., on June 23, 2007, as one of 60 diverse speakers representing the arts, media, academia, science, technology, business and government. Each was asked to reflect on the intersection of their faith and their respective vocations or fields of expertise. The invitation to Obama was extended a year before he became a Democratic presidential candidate.

"The United Church of Christ took great care to ensure that Senator Obama's appearance before the 50th anniversary General Synod met appropriate legal and moral standards," Thomas told United Church News. "We are confident that the IRS investigation will confirm that no laws were violated."

The Hartford Courant's description of Obama's speech in the church.

Looks like Bush's IRS has decided the way to win promotions in this administration is to go after Obama and his church. Seems a bit premature before he even gets the nomination. But it's one of a number of recent indications that they think he is already worth attacking either (1) because they would prefer that Hillary get the nomination or (2) because they are pretty much convinced already that Obama will be the nominee.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-02-28   16:11:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: aristeides (#0)

I would rather see the IRS institute a "sinners tax", say twenty per cent of the monthly offering? The cheap sinners would stay away, figures.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-02-28   16:11:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: aristeides (#0)

You'd think the Repubs would want to make nice this year, given the prospect of their being out of power next year, with a trail of crimes of their own which could be pursued by the incoming Dem administration.


I've already said too much.

MUDDOG  posted on  2008-02-28   16:36:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: aristeides (#0)

"If the IRS is successful, every church synagogue and mosque that invites an elected official to speak on issues such as the war in Iraq, abortion, the environment, labor and other issues of social justice could fear loss of their non-profit status"

yay.

nobody  posted on  2008-02-28   16:47:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: aristeides, Original_Intent, catcher (#0)

"If the IRS is successful, every church synagogue and mosque that invites an elected official to speak on issues such as the war in Iraq, abortion, the environment, labor and other issues of social justice could fear loss of their non-profit status," Perez said.

"separation" of church and state should work both ways.


Why do we fall sir? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. -- Alfred, Batman Begins

farmfriend  posted on  2008-02-28   17:10:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: farmfriend (#5)

Ah, but the trouble is, separation of church and state will only exist to the extent that it is enforced.

And politicians and the appointees of politicians will always be biased in how they enforce it.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-02-28   17:12:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: aristeides (#0)

This church is obviously a 501(c)3 corporation, a creation of the state, as such, the state has an absolute right over this corporation. This should be a wake up call to ALL the corporate churches out there. You can't serve 2 masters, GOD and government.

Freedomsnotfree  posted on  2008-02-28   18:25:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


TopPage UpFull ThreadPage DownBottom/Latest


[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]