Reactions to Grassley's Investigation of Tele-Evangelists Continue

An article in today's Des Moines Register reports on the reactions to letters sent out recently by U.S. Senator Charles Grassley to six televangelists asking for information about alleged misuse of donations to their religious organizations. (See prior posting.) The paper says that most of the ministries in question preach the "prosperity gospel". One of Grassley's targets, Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., calls Grassley's letter an attack on religious freedom and privacy rights.