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Americans United urges IRS to investigate Oklahoma political rally

By Alliance Alert

Associated Baptist Press: "Americans United for Separation of Church and State wrote the IRS July 21 requesting an investigation about whether Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ violated tax law by hosting a rally for a Southern Baptist candidate. ... Paul Blair, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond, Okla., and founder of Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ, says he believes the IRS ban on charities endorsing candidates is unconstitutional. Blair was part of the Alliance Defense Fund pulpit initiative, aimed at challenging the IRS statute in hopes of prompting a lawsuit to get the law into the judicial system. 'We heard nothing from it,' he said."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).