I’m not sure if I’ve said this before, but the recent political uproar over confirming Bush’s already-rejected judge nominees reminds me…
I believe that if churches and church organizations are going to get directly involved in politics, they should lose their tax exempt status.
By “directly involved” I mean spending a significant amount of their time lobbying, telling their members who to vote for, running ads that attack members of one political party or another, etc.
That said, Focus on the Family is not a tax exempt organization (donations to it are not deductible on your federal taxes). And that’s a good thing. That means that, like the Sierra Club, they can legally do extensive political lobbying, which they have certainly be doing!