Plaintiffs Voluntarily Dismiss Challenge To Parsonage Allowance.

A press release yesterday from the Pacific Justice Institute reports that the Freedom from Religion Foundation and 21 of its members, represented by Michael Newdow, have filed a voluntary dismissal of their federal court lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the parsonage allowance given to clergy in the federal and California tax codes.  Apparently the dismissal was impelled by the fact that plaintiffs had not asked federal and state tax officials for relief before filing suit.