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IRS backs off audit of pastor?s preaching on political candidates ? for now

By Alliance Alert

LifeSiteNews: "'Pastors have a right to speak freely from their pulpits. Something is very wrong in America when free speech is held hostage by bungling bureaucracies,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley. 'This latest action from the IRS continues to leave churches in limbo when it comes to speaking freely from their pulpits. It illustrates everything that is wrong with the current enforcement of the Johnson Amendment. After an 11-month audit, it is disingenuous for the IRS to simply close the file and walk away as if nothing happened.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 31, 2009 (boomark / email).