Re: 501c3 and Donald Trump

2016-03-25 Thread Michael Peabody
This is a very interesting question given that the ADL and the National Review, which is apparently a recent 501(c)(3) - see http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/national-review-goes-nonprofit-204795 and published an anti-Trump manifesto, among others have come under scrutiny for their

namaste and yoga banned

2016-03-25 Thread Steven Jamar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/24/ga-parents-offended-by-the-far-east-religion-of-yoga-get-namaste-banned-from-school/ -- Prof. Steven D. Jamar Assoc. Dir. of International Programs Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice

Re: 501c3 and Donald Trump

2016-03-25 Thread Brunson, Samuel
The 501(c)(3) rules are really clear: a tax-exempt organization cannot endorse or oppose (which, I assume, is what you mean by "nonendorsement") a candidate for office. That clearly includes an editorial in a tax-exempt magazine. And it's actually not enough to be circumspect, essentially

School changes yoga class to not include certain elements

2016-03-25 Thread Volokh, Eugene
I wonder whether my colleagues at the Post may have been imprecise with the word "banned." As best I can tell, the school is simply deciding what to include as part of its own class: Among the elements of the program that will be eliminated: the Sanskrit greeting "Namaste,"