Ministers Protest IRS Gag Rule

Thirty-three conservative evangelical Protestant pastors protested an IRS  rule prohibiting political activity by churches.  If they engage in such activity they jeopardize their tax exempt status.

I do not share the theology and some of the political stances of these pastors, nor their preferred candidates.  However, I support them in their cause and applaud their courage in defying the Internal Revenue Service's gag rule. 

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.'

What part of the First Amendment does the IRS not understand?

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(About the author: Richard Cooper is a international trade executive with a manufacturing firm on Long Island, New York, USA. He is active in the Libertarian Party www.lp.org on eminent domain and other issues. He was chair of the Libertarian Party of New York www.ny.lp.org. In February 2008, he was a Ron Paul delegate candidate).

See my article on Ground Report:

"Presidential Candidate Defended Black Church Dispossessed By Eminent Domain "

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