THE FUNDIES AREN'T GOING AWAY

There's an effort in Arizona and Florida to get an anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot and the reactionary Alliance Defense Fund is trying to create more of a stink by encouraging pastors to violate the law on Sept. 28th. If the IRS comes down on these freaks, they'll certainly play the Victim Card in an effort to get more Fundies to the polls.

Pastors encouraged to violate IRS ban on partisan politics

By RACHEL ZOLLThe Associated Press Friday, May 9, 2008; 5:10 PM

NEW YORK -- Conservative legal advocates are recruiting pastors nationwide to defy an IRS ban on preaching about politicians, in a challenge they hope will abolish the restriction.

The Alliance Defense Fund, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., will ask the clergy to deliver a sermon about specific candidates Sept. 28. If the action triggers an IRS investigation, the legal group will sue to overturn the federal rules, which were enacted in 1954.

The Wall Street Journal notes that the IRS law was upheld the only time it was challenged:

Pastors May Defy IRS Gag Rule
Legal Group Urges
Ministers to Preach
About Candidates
By SUZANNE SATALINE
May 9, 2008; Page A5

Only one church has challenged this, unsuccessfully. The U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia ruled in 2000 that the IRS didn't violate constitutional rights when it revoked the tax-exempt status of Branch Ministries of Binghamton, N.Y., which had bought newspaper ads opposing Bill Clinton's candidacy.