IRS Complaint Filed Against Church For Pastor's Political Endorsement

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota church alleging that the church violated the terms of its tax exempt status when its minister personally endorsed a Congressional candidate from the pulpit last Saturday night. Yesterday the Associated Press reported that Rev. Mac Hammond of the Living Word Christian Center says that he misunderstood IRS guidelines, and says that this will not happen again. Speaking at the church, Republican candidate Michele Bachmann said that God had called on her to run for Congress. Videos of Bachmann's speech at the church can be viewed on YouTube.