Posted on 09/30/2011 9:26:11 PM PDT by cakid1
Pastors Preach Politics From Pulpit
Can you do that in America?
That's the question hundreds of Pastors will try and get to the bottom of this Sunday.
On Sunday - 400 pastors will use their pulpits to preach politics.
Part of the goal is to challenge the Internal Revenue Service's regulations that restrict religious leaders from endorsing candidates and discussing policies with their congregations.
"On Pulpit Freedom Day, registered pastors are encouraged to videotape themselves speaking to their congregations about the Scripture, politics and political candidates, and mail those videos to the IRS. "
"The Pastors are ready to defend their right to preach on those topics without the threat of the IRS taking away their 501(c)(3) nontaxable status has been threatened in court."
"Our goal has always been ... to have the Johnson amendment declared unconstitutional.."
.. The Johnson amendment - comes from the 1954 tax amendment passed by then..
(Excerpt) Read more at community.cbs47.tv ...
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There aren’t any unregistered churches around here at the moment, I’d be there every week if there were.
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