100 Pastors to 'Bait' IRS Today on 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday'

100 Pastors to 'Bait' IRS Today on 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday'
USA Today, Pastors Plan to 'Bait' IRS with Pulpit Politics:

On Sunday, a group of 100 preachers nationwide will step into the pulpit and say the only words they're forbidden by law from speaking in a church.

They plan to use the pulpit as a platform for political endorsements, flouting a federal law that threatens churches with the loss of their nonprofit status if they stray too far into partisan politics.

While other church and nonprofit leaders cringe at the deliberate mix of the secular and the religious, participants in the annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday protest hope this act of deliberate lawbreaking will lead to a change in the law.

Following up on yesterday's post, Pastors for ObamaCare?: Everyday Christian, President Obama Calls Pastors To Preach Healthcare:

Earlier this week on a conference call, President Obama and his top healthcare officials charged religious leaders across America with spreading a new kind of gospel – the good news of nationalized healthcare. Isn’t it convenient how the pulpit is barred from promoting political opinion, until it is the opinion of the President? According to Politico, “Obama instructed faith leaders to treat the new law as settled fact and use their perches of power to convey that message to congregants and friends.” ...

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