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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 10, 1999
CONTACT: David Elliot or Lela Shepard at 202-467-4999
CHRISTIAN COALITION LOSES TAX EXEMPT STATUS:
IRS RULING AFTER TEN-YEAR DELAY RECOGNIZES GROUP'S
'CLEAR PARTISAN NATURE,' SAYS PFAWF PRESIDENT SHIELDS
The Internal Revenue Service has reportedly ruled that the
Christian Coalition is so thoroughly partisan that it does not
deserve tax-exempt status, a development welcomed by People For the
American Way Foundation President Carole Shields, who called the
ruling "long overdue but worth the wait."
"For a decade we have urged the IRS to recognize the Christian
Coalition's clear partisan nature," said Shields. "We welcome this
clear signal that everyone has to play by the rules, even Pat
Robertson."
Last year, People For the American Way Foundation sent a
letter to the IRS urging such a conclusion and sending additional
evidence of the Christian Coalition's partisanship gleaned by PFAWF
researchers from court filings in an unrelated Federal Election
Commission lawsuit against the Christian Coalition.
Shields said it is too early to tell how the Christian
Coalition's planned restructuring will affect its political
operations, but she noted that Pat Robertson has recently
concentrated control of the organization in his own hands and
announced plans to raise and spend more than $20 million for efforts
directed at the 2000 elections.
PFAWF has available its 1996 report, "Breaking the Rules: The
Christian Coalition and Elections," which documents the group's abuse
of its tax status, its use of slanted voter guides and its partisan
activities at the 1996 Republican National Convention. For more
information about the Christian Coalition's political activities, or
for copies of People For the American Way Foundation's
correspondence with the IRS in this area, please call 202-467-4999.
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