Cenk Uygur
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Atheist Group Sues IRS For Exempting Electioneering Churches
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November 17, 2012
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3:36Now Playing"The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the IRS for failing to audit thousand of churches that allegedly violated federal tax law by engaging in partisan advocacy.
"[T]he Internal Revenue Service, under the direction of the Defendant Shulman, has followed and continues to follow a policy of non-enforcement of the electioneering restrictions of §501(c)(3) against churches and other religious organizations," the lawsuit states. "As a result, in recent years, churches and religious organizations have been blatantly and deliberately flaunting the electioneering restrictions of §501(c)(3), including during the presidential election year of 2012."*
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss the tax exempt status held by many churches. Is it fair for the IRS to turn a blind eye to electioneering? Then, shouldn't agnostics and atheists get similar status?
*Read more from Eric W. Dolan/ Raw Story ()
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