Crossposted at My Left Wing
Wow... it looks like someone read ePluribus Media's diary Pastor calls Evangelical leader "insulting and hurtful" and decided to take immediate action. We now have this from the AP:
IRS complaint filed against Focus on the Family
Group say tax-exempt status prohibits political activity
DENVER (AP) -- A Washington-based group has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether Focus on the Family or its founder James Dobson violated IRS rules by electioneering.
James Bopp, an attorney for the Colorado Springs-based conservative Christian group, said the group has fully complied with IRS code.
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The complaint, filed Monday by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, also asked the IRS to investigate whether the tax-exempt status of Focus on the Family should be revoked. Tax-exempt organizations cannot participate in campaigns for or against candidates for public office.
The group alleges that news articles showed Dobson endorsed candidates for Congress before the organization officially formed its separate public policy arm, Focus on the Family Action, in July 2004.
Bopp said the organization didn't break any rules.
"Anything Dr. Dobson did to endorse candidates, he did as an individual," Bopp said.
It's about damn time someone decided to act against these wingnut bigots. The money and influence wielded by the Christian Right has elected George Bush and his born-again Dobsonite facsists not once... but twice. The Christian Left needs to step up, find their voice, and take their faith back from the extremists.