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June 25, 2007
Obama Webcast Shut Down By The Liberal United Church of Christ During Obama's claim that the "Christian Right" had "hijacked" the Christian faith
Topics: Political News and commentariesI was wondering when I'd here more about Obama's claim that the "Christian Right" had "hijacked" the Christian faith. What he said was ridiculous, but the "where" he said it - matters a lot. Does the name Barry Lynn, United Church of Christ, and longtime antagonist of "Christian Right" leaders - Americans United for Separation of Church and State, ring a bell?
Turns out that the "brazen and inept attempt to push Barack Obama's presidential candidacy" ended up backfiring not simply on the United Church of Christ Church -- but on also on Obama.
... Lynn's website advertises itself as "Project Fair Play: Stop Illegal Church Electioneering." Lynn's site runs an excerpt from the Internal Revenue Service. Included are these highlights: "Under the Internal Revenue Code...churches and religious organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective office. Contributions to political campaign funds...made by or on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity. Violation of this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of an excise tax."While Obama was invited to the General Synod before he decided to run for president, he announced his candidacy months ago, and yet the UCC leadership, instead of obeying the law and replacing him with a non-candidate speaker, simply went ahead with what Lynn, usually quite prominently, insists is a serious violation of the law. The hope, apparently, was that no one in the liberal mainstream media would notice the problem, or report on it if they did.
Posted by Richard at June 25, 2007 12:48 AM
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