From: Freedom Outpost
The Internal Revenue Service settled a
lawsuit brought by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The 2012
lawsuit was settled after the IRS agreed to monitor what is said in
houses of worship, something that is a clear violation of the First
Amendment, since no law can be written by Congress to this effect.
Therefore, the "unconstitutional" IRS has gone way beyond what the federal Constitution allows.
Lifesitenews reports:
Lifesitenews reports:
The Wisconsin group brought the lawsuit because it said the IRS was ignoring complaints about churches violating their tax-exempt statuses. Specifically, FFRF said many churches promote political issues, legislation, and/or candidates from the pulpit in violation of the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which requires that non-profits not endorse candidates.
According to FFRF, the IRS has not followed a 2009 ruling requiring it to hire someone to keep an eye on church politicking. The IRS says it hasn't ignored the ruling, but merely failed to follow it.
The government has put a moratorium on the IRS' investigations of tax-exempt organizations after the scandal that broke in 2013 over its targeting of pro-life, pro-family, and Tea Party groups. FFRF says that even though the IRS will not enforce the agreement because of the moratorium, they can still bring the lawsuit again if needed after the moratorium is lifted.
"This is a
victory, and we're pleased with this development in which the IRS has
proved to our satisfaction that it now has in place a protocol to
enforce its own anti-electioneering provisions," said FFRF Co-President
Annie Laurie Gaylor in a press release. MORE
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