The IRS Giveth, The IRS Taketh Away!

So let's say you attend a conservative little church in which all of your brethren (now there's a term that must rankle the secular left wing!) are unabashedly to the right of Rush Limbaugh. Deacon Smith is asked to give the closing prayer after the final hymn and in so doing asks God to please pave the way for brother George W. Bush's re-election. If Deacon Smith is wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove, he surely would have noticed whether or not a whistleblower was in attendance who might report them to the IRS for breaking the law. Breaking the law? What law?

Do you mean to tell me that you thought you had the freedom to preach whatever you wanted to preach in your own little church? Well, not if you're registered with the IRS as a tax exempt organization. If your church is tax exempt, then your church is beholden to the almighty IRS. Period! And you better not be praying for the re-election of President Bush!

(Well, truthfully, this only applies to conservative, predominantly white churches. If you attend a predominantly black church and plan to vote for John Kerry, then pray your hearts out, because this law isn't applicable to your congregation!)