This has probably been asked before, and I missed it,

[fdr_hst_fan]

but just WHAT do we have to do to pull Pat Robertson's and Jerry Falwell's tax-exempt statuses? They are so blatantly pro-Bush that it's ridiculous! And they make no attempt to hide it!

TAX THE CHURCHES!

[grannylib]

1. There are more than a few churches and religious organizations that

clearly cross the line. Those who DO should certainly have their status yanked.
There are others who I am sure cross the line the other way, but have not the wealth/media coverage to get THAT message out.
I am betting most mainstream churches are pretty careful NOT to cross that line; Robertson, Foulwell et al are profiting hugely BECAUSE they cross it and inflame the sheeple and extort mucho bucks from them.

[fdr_hst_fan]

2. I want to pull theirs for starters-

once THEY'VE been punished, the others will fall into line, and you'll NEVER see religion in politics again!

[jean]

3. It would be very handy to have a simple checklist of

who to contact, email, call or whatever to get the ball rolling and report tax-exempt status violations. This list could apply not just to these two guys but to any local churches who are pulling pre-election crap (we've seen more than a few stories of that here on DU)

Who ya gonna call? How should we document violations? What should be done?

[fdr_hst_fan]

4. The supposition here

is the IRS, but not exactly sure which section...

[jean]

5. is there already a site out there that has something set up (I wonder)?

Like the boycott Sinclair sites, with the email forms, or petition forms.

If there was a site with simple how-to steps, or forms for us to fill in and print or email, we could get to work. (I can't set something like that up)

For instance - DUer's have spoken about their churches displaying political brochures - it would be so simple to snap pix with phone cams and take a sample of what they're handing out as proof.