Moral-values groups hail tax ruling
- Ralph Z. Hallow - Washington Times
- May 13, 2009
In a move cheered by conservatives, the Internal Revenue Service has ruled that ministers and pastors do not risk losing their tax-exempt status for engaging in ,acts on behalf of issues such as traditional-values advocacy.
The IRS said in a letter to the Niemoller Foundation that the Houston-based nonprofit organization did not violate its tax-exempt status when it brought together pastors and politicians to champion moral issues during Republican Gov. Rick Perry's 2006 re-election campaign.
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