{"id":575028,"date":"2021-06-27T20:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T00:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575028"},"modified":"2021-06-27T20:35:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T00:35:45","slug":"texas-legal-group-says-irs-violated-first-amendment-in-denying-tax-exemption-of-religious-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-legal-group-says-irs-violated-first-amendment-in-denying-tax-exemption-of-religious-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas legal group says IRS violated First Amendment in denying tax exemption of religious group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-legal-group-says-irs-violated-first-amendment-in-denying-tax-exemption-of-religious-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2437884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2437884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IRS certified letter (AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:22 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, June 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A Texas legal group has said the IRS violated the First Amendment in its decision to deny tax-exempt status to a Christian organization. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/firstliberty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Christians-Engaged-Appeal-Letter-Final2_Redacted.pdf\">appeal to the IRS<\/a>, the legal group <a href=\"https:\/\/firstliberty.org\/\">First Liberty Institute<\/a> argued Christian advocacy group <a href=\"https:\/\/christiansengaged.org\/\">Christians Engaged<\/a> had been mischaracterized as a political organization.<\/p>\n<p>The non-partisan group seeks to teach Christians how to civically engage using their religious values. Yet, the IRS argued Christian values typically align with the Republican Party, making Christians Engaged a partisan organization.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, president and CEO of First Liberty, Kelly Shackelford, said if this continues he fears the IRS could use the same tactics to shut down other religious non-profits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, Rep. Roy, along with several members of the House and Senate, sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig regarding the IRS\u2019s recent flawed and discriminatory denial of the tax-exempt status of Christians Engaged.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>More here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hYF5gXtKeI\">https:\/\/t.co\/hYF5gXtKeI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S8Zn2P5Nzq\">pic.twitter.com\/S8Zn2P5Nzq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepChipRoy\/status\/1408502417407328269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP lawmakers have also started taking aim at the IRS. <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-chip-roy-leads-effort-calling-out-irs-s-religious-discrimination\">In a letter to the agency<\/a> on Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and 14 other lawmakers called for the removal of the official who decided against granting tax exemptions to the group.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS clapped back, saying the group lacks neutrality in it\u2019s educational actives about the Bible and engaged in activity prohibited for non-profits. However, GOP lawmakers have called the decision \u201cblatantly biased, discriminatory and flawed\u201d and are asking the IRS director to personally review the case.<\/p>\n<p>They additionally fear if this standard is broadly applied, churches across the country may lose tax exemptions.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/antony-blinken-meets-with-israeli-foreign-minister-for-reset-from-trump-netanyahu-era\/\">Antony Blinken Meets With Israeli Foreign Minister For Reset From Trump, Netanyahu Era<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRS certified letter (AP) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 5:22 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, June 27, 2021 A Texas legal group has said the IRS violated the First Amendment in its decision to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2281475,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}