IRS withdrawal leaves churches 'in limbo'
Tuesday, August 04, 2009One News Now: "The Internal Revenue Service has withdrawn an audit of a Minnesota pastor's sermons.
Under the Johnson Amendment of 1954, pastors are not supposed to be able to endorse candidates from the pulpit. But last year, Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) backed more than 30 pastors who offered endorsements prior to the November election -- and the IRS has taken no action against any of them.
The most recent to receive that news is Pastor Gus Booth of Warroad Community Church in Minnesota. The audit of Booth's church by the IRS began in August 2008, but ended last week when the federal agency closed its examination of Booth's sermons due to a procedural problem."
