IRS Targeted Catholic League --- the tax-exempt status for religious groups must end.
On May 17, 10:59 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > IRS Targeted Catholic > League<http://americac2c.com/profiles/blogs/irs-targeted-catholic-league?xg_...> > > By Bill Donohue > > The problems with the IRS extend beyond playing politics with conservative > groups seeking a tax-exempt status. I have never made this public before, > but given the heightened interest in the way the IRS has conducted itself, > the time has come to disclose what happened. > > Just weeks after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, I was notified > by the IRS that the Catholic League was under investigation for violating > the IRS Code on political activities as it relates to 501(c)(3) > organizations. What the IRS did not know was that I had proof who contacted > them to launch the investigation: Catholics United, a George Soros-funded > Catholic organization. > > The IRS was contacted on June 5, 2008, to launch a probe of the Catholic > League, and the letter sent to me was dated Nov. 24, 2008. The June > 5letter was sent to the IRS by lawyers from Catholics United; it was > mailed > to Director Marsha Ramirez, director of Exempt Organizations Examinations, > and to Lois G. Lerner, director of EO Division. > > The "evidence" against me was nothing more than news releases and articles > I had written during the presidential campaign on various issues. The > lawyers also asked the IRS to question the source of new funding we had > received, implying that we received illegal contributions. > > The timing is not coincidental. On Oct. 20, I issued a news release, > "George Soros Funds Catholic Left," and on Oct. 23, I wrote another one, > "Catholic Left Scandal Mounts"; both mentioned Catholics United. The same > day, Oct. 23, I was asked to go on CNN, and when Catholics United found > out, they contacted the station trying to spike the interview. > > The person who did this was the head of Catholics United, Chris Korzen. He > said I was not "an authentic Catholic commentator and representative of the > Catholic Church," and that they should either drop me altogether or put me > on with Alexia Kelley of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good > (Catholics United is listed on the 990 of Catholics in Alliance as a > related organization; Soros greases this group, and by extension, Catholics > United). > > The bid to keep me off TV failed. But here's the key: Korzen was dumb > enough to share with CNN the complaint issued by his group to the IRS. The > document, which was leaked to me by someone at CNN, matches up > extraordinarily well with the IRS complaint of Nov. 24. > > In the end, the IRS concluded that although the Catholic League had > "intervened in a political campaign," it was "unintentional, isolated, > non-egregious and non-recurring"; our tax-exempt status remained intact. > This is false: I intentionally addressed political issues, and did not > intervene in the campaign, unless, of course, my freedom to speak about > political issues is a violation of the IRS Code. If that is the case, then > this IRS unit should fold. > > So the problem extends beyond the IRS. It extends to left-wing activists, > funded by left-wing tycoons, all for the purpose of silencing > conservatives. It's time someone was held accountable for this obscene > political game. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
