Small petty people engaged in small petty evils
The "non-partisan" Soros-funded liberal group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is having a busy month. Now they're bragging about trying to take away a church's non-profit tax status:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) complaint against the Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park, Minn., for violating IRS law by openly endorsing State Sen. Michele Bachmann's candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Do you wonder, as I do, how many churches endorsing liberal candidates have been targeted by CREW? I'm sure it must be dozens, right?
Right?
CREW apparently doesn't think they need to, though. It appears that they see themselves as champions of fairness, seeking Republican institutions to attack as retribution for any liberal ones that may get in trouble:
Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW said today, "The IRS has pledged to investigate non-profits that violate the law. So far the IRS has targeted only progressive organizations such as the All Saints Church in Pasadena, Calif., the NAACP and Texans for Public Justice.
"This complaint and the clear evidence supporting it should spur the IRS to investigate the Living Word Christian Center and all 501(c)(3) charities that abuse their status, regardless of ideology."
Of course, if it intimidates conservative voters, that's just gravy, right?
What a cynical, bitter, and self-loathing soul Ms. Sloan must be.
If a church is truly violating the law, I don't have a problem with that church being investigated. An organization that attacks conservative churches exclusively while claiming to be non-partisan - well, that just displays hatred and dishonesty instead of ethics, responsibility, or citizenship.
