LAT: Church in IRS probe receives moral support

[UrbScotty]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-saints14nov14,1,601358.story

Rector J. Edwin Bacon told parishioners Sunday that All Saints Church had received "a surprising outpouring of solidarity and support" since he revealed that the liberal Pasadena church could lose its tax-exempt status because of an IRS probe.

In a sermon titled "The IRS Goes to Church," Bacon said support has come from Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, 1st Amendment scholars and heads of secular nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations.

All Saints, an Episcopal church, has also found support among Christians with views far more conservative than those of its parishioners: "An evangelical Christian radio show host told me during an interview this past Friday, 'Pastor, if they are coming for you today, they will be coming for us tomorrow,' " Bacon said.

Parishioners gave the sermon a standing ovation.

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[I Have A Dream]

1. I'd hope that they would be coming for the conservative...

churches if they went after this single liberal church. The conservative churches have been blatant about influencing their congregants in reference to their votes.

Conservative churches have to be scared even though I'm sure that they're hoping that their support for B* will protect them. (i.e., the IRS will be selective about which churches it goes after.)