Tag: clergy members

The issue of churches taking an active position in partisan politics is heating up: In a challenge to the ethics of conservative Ohio religious leaders and the fairness of the Internal Revenue Service, a group of 56 clergy members contends that two churches have gone too far in supporting a Republican candidate for governor. Two […]

Well is this of any shock: A group of religious leaders accused the Internal Revenue Service yesterday of playing politics by ignoring its complaint that two large churches in Ohio are engaging in what it says are political activities, in violation of the tax code. In a letter to Commissioner Mark W. Everson, the clergy […]