Americans United for Separation of Church and State asked the IRS to look into a Florida church for urging voters to choose against a mayoral candidate.
“We don’t feel as though the city should be represented by a homosexual,” said Terry Jones, senior pastor at Dove World Outreach Center.
The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director, called the church’s actions a blatant example of illegal politicking by a tax-exempt group.
“This is an open-and-shut case,” Lynn said. “The church freely admits that it intended to intervene in the election in violation of federal tax law. I urge the IRS to act promptly.”
You can read AU's letter to the IRS here (pdf).
