Okay, somebody refresh my memory …

Posted on | March 22, 2005 | Comments Off

According to today’s Midday Update, Congressional Quarterly:

A Florida church is discovering that life in a political battleground state sometimes means new fights arise even after an election recedes into memory. The IRS has notified Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Liberty City that it is being investigated for holding “political activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status as a church,” according to the Miami Herald. The probe is related to an appearance last October by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and several black leaders, including Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, D-Fla., the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Federal tax law prohibits churches from participating in political campaigns. Church officials said Kerry’s visit was part of a regular church service, and it did not break the law. It is not clear whose complaint triggered the IRS investigation, according to the paper.

Now, I can’t recall any specifics, but it seems to me that President Bush made more than one campaign appearance in a church last year. Am I wrong about that?


Email This Post Email This Post Print This Post Print This Post

Bookmark and Share
Category: Politics


Comments

Comments are closed.

Subscribe To The Journal Blog

Subscribe to The Journal Blog via RSS

Or subscribe by email:



Meet The Journal Blogger

Dawn Rivers Baker, microbusiness journalistDawn Rivers Baker, aka The Journal Blogger, is the editor and publisher of The MicroEnterprise Journal, and the self-proclaimed Socrates of the small business blogosphere. See her official bio to learn more.


Find Dawn elsewhere online:


Listen to Dawn Rivers Baker on Blog Talk Radio

featured on US News & World Report


Small Business Trends Expert

Contributor, OPEN Forum Blog

Connect with Dawn


View Dawn Rivers Baker's profile on LinkedIn


Facebook me!

Follow me on twitter

  • Daily Reads: Blogs

  • Daily Reads: News

    • Visit Our Sponsors

    Archives

    Categories

    Search