United Daughters of the Confederacy would lose Virginia tax breaks, if Youngkin signs off

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8. It depends on that state's laws

(including their state Constitution)

We are stuck with "states rights" whether we benefit from them or not.

There is SCOTUS precedent that deems that federal tax exemption status can be revoked if an organization violates "fundamental public policy" - BOB JONES UNIVERSITY, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. GOLDSBORO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC., Petitioner v. UNITED STATES.

The IRS has tread lightly applying this after getting hand-slapped about the various teabagger groups but when it comes to racial discrimination and groups that espouse or sprung from this (which was a focus of that Bob Jones U case), that should be a different story. There was a good opinion piece on that here - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/opinion/white-supremacists-tax-exemptions.html