On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:59 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stifiling free seech certainly isn't the answer. Just like member of the military give us certain freedoms when they join the military, any organization choosing to become a 503(c)(3) organization has explicitly agreed not to undertake certain forms of political speech. They can choose to not be a 503(c)(3) and give up the tax exempt status and talk all they want. Our neighborhood association is a 503(c)(4), which *IS* allowed to conduct lobbying and participate in politics in certain ways, but contributions to our organization are also *NOT* tax deductible. To my knowledge, this is a choice any church can make as well, if they wish to openly influence politics. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358087 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
