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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Follow-Up On ADF's Pulpit Freedom Sunday
Alliance Defense Fund has published the names of 33 churches and their pastors who participated in Pulpit Freedom Sunday last weekend. The ADF press release said "Pastors participating in Pulpit Freedom Sunday preached from their pulpits Sept. 28 about the moral qualifications of candidates seeking political office. The pastors exercised their First Amendment right to preach on the subject, despite federal tax regulations that prohibit intervening or participating in a political campaign." (See prior related posting.) On Monday Americans United asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate six of the churches. (Press release).