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Article: Busted! Americans United files complaint with IRS against Jerry Falwell ministries for partisan politicking.
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- Church & State
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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Jerry Falwell's message could not have been more blunt.
"For conservative people of faith, voting for principle this year means voting for the re-election of George W. Bush," the TV preacher wrote in a July 1 "Falwell Confidential" e-mail to his supporters. "The alternative, in my mind, is simply unthinkable."
Falwell's message may have been plain but federal tax law is just as plain: No use of tax-exempt resources for partisan politicking. Americans United for Separation of Church and State responded swiftly with a complaint to the Internal Revenue Service about the televangelist's use of his tax-free entities for electioneering.
"Falwell is ...