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former9thward

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2. Jarrett is from Chicago and may not be aware of federal IRS rules.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Jan 28, 2012, 02:30 PM

Jan 2012

In Chicago the party Machine regularly uses churches to give campaign speeches. They also get ministers and priests for endorsements. Jarrett probably thought what is allowed in Chicago is allowed nationwide.

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Jarrett’s partisan pulpit speech may have violated IRS church-state rules [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2012 OP

How many conservative partisan homilies, speeches, etc xchrom Jan 2012 #1

Jarrett is from Chicago and may not be aware of federal IRS rules. former9thward Jan 2012 #2

Question: Was this an actual "church" service, or a gathering place specificaly to monmouth Jan 2012 #3

Oh bullshit.... ingac70 Jan 2012 #4

That one pissed me off. Initech Jan 2012 #5