Still No Word From IRS

The Alliance Defending Freedom’s invitation to pastors to exercise their First Amendment rights by speaking truth to power — and offering political advice and counsel to their flocks from their pulpits — has taken on a life of its own. Sunday, October 7 was designated by the ADF as Pulpit Freedom Sunday, during which it encouraged pastors to “use their sermons to apply Scripture to the stated positions of political candidates.”

 

It noted that a “pastor has a constitutional right to apply Scripture and Church teaching to every area of life, including the area of candidates and elections.”

 

The ADF is clearly hoping that these pokes in the eye of the IRS will provoke a response, yet to date there has not been a single one.

 

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