{"id":546,"date":"2006-09-22T16:04:53","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2006\/09\/22\/hmm-2\/"},"modified":"2006-09-22T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T21:16:26","slug":"hmm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2006\/09\/22\/hmm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"hmm…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Church to Fight IRS Demand for Documents<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

A liberal church that has been threatened with the loss of its tax-exempt status over an anti-war sermon delivered just days before the 2004 presidential election said Thursday it will fight an IRS order to turn over documents on the matter.<\/p>\n

"We’re going to put it in their court and in a court of law so that we can get an adjudication to some very fundamental issue here that we see as an intolerable infringement of rights," Bob Long, senior warden of All Saints Church, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

He said the church’s 26-member vestry voted unanimously to resist IRS demands for documents and an interview with the congregation’s rector by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

The church’s action sets up a high-profile confrontation between the church and the IRS, which now must decide whether to ask for a hearing before a judge, who would then decide on the validity of the agency’s demands.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Interesting. An Episcopal Church in California had a sermon against the War in Iraq, and it’s being threatened with losing its tax-exempt status for being "political" [As noted above, it’s deemed to be a "liberal" church].<\/p>\n

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Dobson preaches mixed message
Conservative leader criticizes, praises GOP leadership<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n

Standing before an enormous American flag in Mellon Arena, conservative evangelical activist James Dobson told thousands of supporters he was deeply disappointed in the nation’s Republican leadership, but that the nation’s future depended on re-electing them.<\/p>\n

However, he said, "This country is at a crisis point. Whether or not the Republicans deserve the power they were given, the alternatives are downright frightening." <\/p>\n

Dr. Dobson, who has built an enormous following in three decades as a Christian radio psychologist, is renowned for his ability to turn out the conservative "values voters" who tipped the last election.<\/p>\n

Although tax law forbids Dr. Dobson’s Focus On The Family Action, the nonprofit organization that sponsored the rally, to endorse candidates, organizers said that last night’s Stand for the Family Rally was held in Pennsylvania because of its high-profile U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Rick Santorum and Democratic challenger Bob Casey. Issue guides being distributed last night clearly favored Mr. Santorum.<\/strong> So Dr. Dobson’s warning shot across the bow of the Republican Party was unexpected.<\/div>\n

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But, he asked his audience to consider what would happen if Republicans lost control of key committees on education, the judiciary, and especially, the armed forces.<\/div>\n

"We are at war in this country with an enemy who wants to destroy us," he said. He stressed that only a small minority of Muslims believe that their faith justifies violence, "but let’s say 4 percent of Muslims want to kill us … . That’s 48 million people who want to bring us to our knees."<\/p>\n

He compared those who want to negotiate their way out of crises in the Middle East to Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister who sought to appease Adolph Hitler prior to World War II.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I suppose there might be a logical explanation for this difference that doesn’t have to do with which side of the political fence these people live on, but right now, I can’t for the life of me think of what it might be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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