Pastors Prepare to Fight IRS Through Pulpit Freedom Sunday | TheBlaze.com.
October 7 is Pulpit Freedom Sunday, in which the Alliance Defending Freedom and numerous other religious organizations are backing this effort.
Many of the pastors send tapes of their sermons to the IRS, attempting to trigger an audit. The IRS has acted against non profits engaging in politically partisan activity before, but generally shy away before the issue goes to court. The agency fears losing the power to suppress speech by losing their case on constitutional 1st amendment grounds.
Knowing that the IRS does not go after Planned Parenthood for its blatant campaign activity for the Democrats, and Cecile Richards current tour of the swing states for Obama, should bolster the courage of any religious groups and churches which would like to engage in free political speech from the pulpit.
Some courageous Catholic Priests have taken on the task of defending the sanctity of life in their sermons. This could be interpreted directly as anti-democrat speech since abortion is firmly entrenched in that party’s platform, and Obamacare includes a death panel, (IPAB). These priests have therefore taken on the IRS, and the current administration itself.
Other members of of United States Catholic Clergy might shy away from giving their own interpretations of scripture as it impinges upon politics, for fear of chasing off their congregations. Some of them subscribe to the idea that it’s OK to vote for a politician who supports killing the unborn, the elderly and the disabled, so long as the candidate promises to redistribute the wealth. This type of confused thinking has morphed from Seamless Garment teaching of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin.
Besides Pulpit Freedom Sunday, October is Pro Life Month and the Fall edition of the 40 Days for Life, is underway.
Don’t forget to Defend your Freedom with your VOTE on Nov 6th.
