They can back anyone they want--and lose their tax exempt status. They can't have it both ways.
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Churches get political all the time, they just don't face consequences for it.
Selective enforcement is back on the menu, boys.
The judges ruling is specifically about not allowing selective enforcement:
However, Barker's decision effectively nulls the exception. The ruling is largely because, according to Barker, federal courts do not have the jurisdiction to change the tax status of a plaintiff or create exemptions from tax laws. His court cannot provide declaratory relief "with respect to federal taxes," the judge said in his opinion.
Weren't mega church pastors recently in whitehouse praying for the pedo? who were also pushing him as a saviour since before 2016?
Isn't that endorsing?
Oh see they think the irs is as stupid as the god they worship, so since they didn't say the explicit words that they are endorsing agent Krasnov, they would argue no.
I have no problem with churches backing candidates, if they surrender their tax free status first.
Actually, churches should not be tax exempt anyway. If they’re doing good work in the community, they can open their books and apply for 501(c)3 status.
Really trying to lose their tax-exempt status.
"Could let" presumes they can't and don't currently. And that's ridiculous.
I know when we think of politics in church you think of evangelicals and Republicans, but don't forget that the black Church has been nexus for progressive politics since forever.
I bring this up because a misguided attempt to reign all this in would give a powerful tool to those who'd suppress Democrat voters. (If you ever wonder why Republicans hate Sunday voting, you probably haven't seen the church bus pull up to the polling station.)
A church providing transportation to a polling place, which were I live are often churches themselves, is very different than a pastor endorsing a candidate during a service.