The first article of the Bill of Rights reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”.
Note that the Internal Revenue Service, however, is not Congress.
Not only are a number of churches under investigation for allegedly giving too-specific advice to their members this election, but The Philadelphia Inquirer”reports that “the IRS warned clergy yesterday that if they asked God to grant Bush four more years as president during their services, they were risking their tax-exempt status.”
There are several things here worth praying over this morning. But you may want to do it silently.
