More on IRS's Threatened Revocation of Church's Tax-Exempt Status Because of Anti-War Sermon by Pastor

Following up on our extensive coverage this week (here, here, and here) of the IRS's threatened revocation of the tax exemption of All Saints Episcopal Church (Pasadena, CA) because of an anti-war sermon delivered by Rev. George Regas the Sunday before the 2004 Presidential election:

• Sermon of Rev. George Regas (10/31/04), If Jesus Debated Senator Kerry and President Bush
  • Audio of sermon
• Statement of All Saints Episcopal Church
• Press Release of All Saints Episcopal Church
• IRS Letter to All Saints Episcopal Church
• Letter by All Saints Episcopal Church's Counsel to IRS
• Memorandum from IRS's Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division, Political Intervention Project (3/31/05; first appeared on IRS web site last week)
• Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Review of the Exempt Organizations Function Process for Reviewing Alleged Political Campaign Intervention by Tax Exempt Organizations (Ref. No. 2005-10-035)  (2/17/05) [blogged here]
  • Letter from Tax Exempt Organizations raising concerns about inappropriate political campaign interventions
  • IRS's Response to the Report
  • IRS Commissioner's Letter
• Ted Olsen, The IRS Persecution Charade (Christianity Today)
• Statement of Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• Washington Times (Guy Taylor) (11/10): Probe Continues of 60 Tax-Exempt Groups, IRS Says
• Boston Phoenix (Adam Reilly) (11/11): Fear of God; Thou Shalt Not Criticize President Bush
• Chicago Sun-Times (11/9):  Sermon Gets Church in Trouble with IRS