Huckabee support hinges on churches
Should the government crack down on churches for political statements? Would Martin Luther King be able to do what he did under a church crack down?
POLITICO-Mike Huckabee’s bid to win the 2008 Republican nomination faces plenty of obstacles, Mitt Romney’s money and machine being chief among them.
But lurking in the background could be a new concern: the Internal Revenue Service.
In recent election cycles the IRS has upgraded its scrutiny of churches and other charities, which risk losing their tax-free status if they engage in partisan political activity or advocacy for a particular candidate.
Huckabee’s Iowa surge is driven largely by an eleventh-hour rally of Christian activists behind the Republican’s candidacy, and that’s certain to draw attention from tax sleuths and others.
UPDATE
Huckabee Questions Mormons’ Belief
NV-Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming article, “Don’t Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?”
Maybe their best hope is to vote for Ron Paul. He wants to get rid of the IRS (Yeah I know, fat chance)
Any church that pays taxes, is perfectly entitled to play politics just like any other PAC.
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The line to hand in your tax-exempt status in favor of politics starts on the far, far right.
I don’t know why so many churches get on their hands and knees for politicians. Seems they would want to “take the ball and run with it” in solving a lot of today’s problems in the private sector.
Did MLK cross the line in your mind?
MLK wasn’t a political office holder. Hey John I’m not sure where you draw the line with “Church and State”, and not an expert on the whole “501(c)” deal either, just making crazy comments usually.