Bush-Cheney Soliciting Church Congregations

This is a move that could cost such churches their tax-exempt status. From Yahoo:

The Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites) prohibits political campaign activity, for or against any candidate, from taking place at all organizations that receive tax exempt status under a section of the federal tax code — including most churches and religious groups. Violators could lose their tax breaks and face excise taxes.

Now my understanding from years back is that what the Bush-Cheney re-election team are trying to do has been specifically prohibited in the past. So either they're looking to get the churches' tax exempt status pulled (doubtful) or they have a plan in place to make certain that such congregations can violate the spirit of the law while not getting clubbed for it (far more likely).

It smells worse than the turkey sandwich I attempted to eat for lunch.