the irs already knows that line is violated constantly. unfortunately, they don't have the resources or the kahunas to go after the churches that do this. there's way too many (like most of them, probably), and "going after churches" would be a political shitstorm regardless of the constitutional validity of such "persecution"
In my youth I went to your standard Roman Catholic schools and church and such, and they would never ever try to influence your decisions in this way. That's wild.
Now, I dislike organised religion as much as the next person, absolutely. But if there's a religious group that are trying to take away people's agency on who to vote for, they need to be shut down immediately.
They are a threat to our democracy.
Wouldn't we be rid of churches if this was actually enforced?
I guess we’ll have to send in spies, though, because congregation members are never going to report their own church.
Especially applicable to megachurches and those preaching prosperity theology.
God bless Sonic the Hedgehog protein
Well I mean, how you vote and who you should vote for are two different things, but a church shouldn't be teaching you regardless.
If a church is taking advantage of the US 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, this is an issue.
Some churches are aware of restrictions on political speech on their tax-exempt status and follow the rules. As reported in other comments here… others do not.
This isn't just an atheist thing. Any church that does that is not a church, it's a political organization.
strict taxation of all churches might fix this loophole, just a thought...
