Church-State Watchdog Group Asks IRS to Probe Clinton-Davis Rally

Remember our report in which the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson asked why no one else was objecting to the illegal politicking of Bill Clinton and Gray Davis in church? Well, Americans United for Separation of Church and State is objecting.

An alert reader from Franklin, Mass., pointed out that the organization has issued a most interesting statement on its Web site calling for an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service.

"I believe any fair-minded person would conclude that this event, coming just three weeks before the scheduled recall election, was designed to influence voters to retain Davis in office," the group's executive director, Barry Lynn, wrote to the IRS. "As such, it would seem to be a clear violation of the church’s tax-exempt status."

Lynn urged the feds to get busy and "apply any penalties you deem appropriate."

The organization pointed out, "Federal tax law bars churches and other organizations with a 501(c)3 tax-exempt status to engage in political activities on behalf of (or against) any candidate for public office."

We checked out ACLU's Web site too, but that group wasn't crying over this Democrat crime.

So when will the IRS take action? Probably never. After all, it still refuses to investigate Jesse "Shakedown" Jackson.

P.S.: Yes, readers, before you write in, we know that the phrase "separation of church and state" appears exactly never in the U.S. Constitution.

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