#1--The Internal Revenue Service has reversed its decision to deny a Texas-based Christian nonprofit group tax exempt status, according to the Washington Examiner. The action came after numerous Republican lawmakers rebuked the agency for overt political bias last month after it had first denied the status to Christians Engaged.
"The IRS has granted tax exempt status to Christians Engaged, a nonprofit organization that educates and empowers Christians to pray for our nation and elected officials, vote, and be civically engaged," the conservative legal group First Liberty Institute announced in a statement. MORE HERE FROM NEWSMAX.
Martin (IRS position)claimed that the group should be denied tax-exempt status because it works to instruct people on what the Bible says about various issues that "generally distinguish candidates and are associated with political party platforms."
Patterson (CE) noted in several media interviews that the IRS had granted a tax exemption to former first lady Michelle Obama and her activist group When We All Vote, as a counter to Martin's reasoning for denying Pounds' organization tax-exempt status.
In June, Christians Engaged filed an appeal with the help of the First Liberty Institute, arguing that the IRS’ reasoning was flawed in multiple ways, namely that it invented “a nonexistent requirement that exempt organizations be neutral on public policy issues.
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