A Stitch in Haste

"O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God?"
--Book of Mormon, Chapter 8, Verse 38

Just quick footnote to my previous post on the ongoing abuse of IRS tax-exemption by religious organizations that are politicking for the Federal Marriage Amendment:

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has spent millions of dollars campaigning against gay marriage, on Sunday urged members to lobby U.S. senators on the proposed constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to being between a man and a woman.

The Church sent a letter to its congregational leaders throughout the United States that was to be read to the congregations Sunday.
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The letter noted that the Senate was scheduled to vote on the proposed marriage amendment on June 6, and said, "We urge our members to express themselves on this urgent matter to their elected representatives in the Senate."

Read the letter, then try to argue that the Mormon church has not willfully broken the rule against tax-exempt organizations interjecting themselves into legislative debates.

On the other hand, the Book of Mormon is accurate about one thing: "ye hypocrites" is exactly right.

Via Good As You.