[Peace-discuss] Another interesting development with regard to "peace churches"

[Ricky Baldwin]

Expect a chill.  But in Mississippi we learned to turn
bad things into opportunities.  What about signs
outside area churches that say something like:

"Preaching peace?  The IRS says don't!!!"

(And how about the first two words in sky-blue, maybe
with clouds and doves around, and the last line in a
harsh brick red?  Just a thought.)

Others may have better ideas, tho-

--- "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Anti-war sermon could cost liberal church
> 
> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service has
> warned a prominent 
> liberal church that it could lose its tax-exempt
> status because of an 
> anti-war sermon a guest preacher gave on the eve of
> the 2004 presidential 
> election, according to church officials.
> 
> The Rev. George F. Regas did not urge parishioners
> at All Saints Episcopal 
> Church to support either President Bush or John
> Kerry, but he was critical 
> of the Iraq war and Bush's tax cuts.
> 
> The IRS warned the church in June that its
> tax-exempt status was in 
> jeopardy because such organizations are prohibited
> from intervening in 
> political campaigns and elections.
> 
> The church's rector, J. Edwin Bacon, told his
> congregation about the 
> problem Sunday.
> 
> "It's important for everyone to understand that the
> IRS concerns are not 
> supported by the facts," Bacon said.
> 
> Bacon later said he chose Sunday to inform the
> congregation because Nobel 
> Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in
> attendance and because he 
> believes a decision from the IRS is imminent. He
> called the IRS threat "a 
> direct assault on freedom of speech and freedom of
> religion."
> 
> All Saints has long been vocal about its positions.
> Its Web site mentions 
> the upcoming special election in California and says
> three 
> Republican-backed propositions would "alter the very
> fabric of our lives as 
> a democracy by limiting the right to representation
> and the right to 
> express a political point of view." Regas, who gave
> the 2004 sermon, 
> retired 10 years ago as the church's rector.
> 
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