Religious leaders question why Republican tax plan would allow churches to endorse candidates

The following article by Hailey Branson-Potts was posted on the Los Angeles Times website December 12, 2017:

Parishioners chat near the Action Table outside of All Saints Church in Pasadena after a service on Sunday, Dec. 3. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

An antiwar sermon at All Saints Church in Pasadena two days before the 2004 presidential election triggered an Internal Revenue Service investigation that threatened the church’s tax-exempt status.

But that hasn’t stopped All Saints from taking on contentious issues, as it did on a recent Sunday when the Rev. Mike Kinman preached about sexual assault against women. He also spoke of another hot-button issue: the Republican tax plans.

Tucked within the House version of the tax bill — which still must be reconciled with the separate Senate version — is a proposal that likely would have kept the feds away from All Saints 13 years ago. Continue reading “Religious leaders question why Republican tax plan would allow churches to endorse candidates”