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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The IRS must stop the Bishops from being political!

I expect to hear crazy calls for the IRS to investigate the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for making their views known regarding the Stupak amendment.  I don't really expect to hear them from sitting members of Congress.  Representative Lynn Woolsey, displaying both political intolerance and ignorance of the law, laments:

When I visit churches in my district, we are very careful to keep everything “non-political” to protect their tax-exempt status. 

The IRS is less restrictive about church involvement in efforts to influence legislation than it is about involvement in campaigns and elections. 

Given the political behavior of USCCB in this case, maybe it shouldn’t be.

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