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IRS blocks tax exempt status for Christian group, not Michelle Obama non-profit - YouTube
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LARRY: SO A CHRISTIAN NON-PROFIT
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IS CHALLENGING THE IRS AFTER THE
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AGENCY DENIED THEM EXEMPT
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STATUS.
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CLAIMING BIBLE TEACHINGS ARE
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TYPICALLY AFFILIATED WITH THE
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REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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OWE, MY GOSH.
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TO DISCUSS THIS, SANDRA SMITH,
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HOST OF "AMERICA REPORTS".
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SANDRA, I WANT TO ADD TO THE
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STORY.
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TO ME THIS IS THE WEAPONNIZATION
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OF THE IRS ONCE AGAIN.
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NOW AIMED AT CHRISTIANS AND
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REPUBLICANS, THE GUY WHO MADE
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THE RULING, STEVEN MARTIN, THE
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HEAD OF THE DIVISION ON EXEMPT
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ORGANIZATIONS.
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THAT IS WHERE THE FAMOUS
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LOIS LERNER RULED MANY YEARS
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AGO.
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>> THERE YOU GO.
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LARRY: UNDER OBAMA.
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NOW SHOULD THEY HAVE BEEN
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DENIED?
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>> THERE WAS NO, YOU KNOW I, I
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CALL IT MY KUDLOW HOMEWORK.
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YOU GIVE ME STORIES NOT COVERED
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ON "AMERICA'S NEWSROOM."
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I DID NOT LOOK AT THIS TODAY.
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THIS IS A FASCINATING ONE.
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WHY EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD BE
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CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DECISION,
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NOT TO GIVE THIS NON-PROFIT
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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, BASED
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ORGANIZATION, TAX-EXEMPT STATUS
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IS, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO
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CLEAR-CUT RULE-BASED, LAW-BASED,
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EXPLANATION FROM THE IRS FOR
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DENYING THAT AND THEY HAVE
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OBVIOUSLY FILED AN APPEAL.
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THIS COULD END UP GOING TO
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FEDERAL COURT.
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WE'LL SEE.
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BUT THAT BEING SAID, THERE WAS A
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SUGGESTION THAT ANY ORGANIZATION
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APPLYING FOR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS
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THAT FOLLOWS THE TEACHINGS OF
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THE BIBLE MUST BE REPUBLICAN.
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THE IRS DID NOT FIND OR MAKE
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AVAILABLE AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS
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A LOT OF ARTICLES OUT THERE ON
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THIS ANY PARTICULAR BROCHURE
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THAT THIS ORGANIZATION PUSHED, A
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CAMPAIGN OR THAT IT PUSHED A
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SPECIFIC CANDIDATE BUT THERE IS
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A GET-OUT-THE-VOTE MESSAGE.
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SO THAT PERHAPS IS IRS CIVIC
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DUTY.
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LARRY: WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT
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THAN MICHELLE OBAMA?
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>> THAT IS A VALID POINT.
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LARRY: I DIDN'T OBJECT TO HERS.
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>> FINE.
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LARRY: IT IS JUST CIVIC DUTY.
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DID THEY SAY GET-OUT-THE-VOTE
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FOR REPUBLICANS, NOT DEMOCRATS?
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>> THAT'S RIGHT.
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LARRY: I THINK NO.
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>> THE APPEALS ORGANIZATION
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MENTIONED THE MICHELLE OBAMA
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STARTED, CALLED, CIVIC NATION,
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WHOSE MISSION WHEN WE ALL VOTE.
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VERY OUT THERE WITH THIS ENTIRE
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CASE, MORE ARGUABLY AFFILIATED
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WITH HOW THEY WARRANT YOU TO
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VOTE.
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LARRY: YOU THINK MICHELLE OBAMA
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THING WAS VOTER REGISTRATION FOR
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DEMOCRATS?
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JUST ASKING?
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I'M SURMISING.
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CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
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>> I WILL LET YOU DO THAT.
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LARRY: [LAUGHTER].
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>> WHAT THINK ALSO DID WHICH I
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THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING
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HERE, THEY POINTED TO THE LEADER
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OF THE RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION'S
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POLITICAL PAST.
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SO THEY TRIED TO CONNECT THE
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DOTS IN MANY WAYS BUT FOUND NO,
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OR PROVIDED NO SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
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HOW HE WAS PUSHING HIS PAST
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REPUBLICAN PAST ON THE MEMBERS
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OF HIS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
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I THINK THAT THE IRS OBVIOUSLY
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FAILED TO PRESENT WHY THEY DID
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THIS.
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IT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR ASSUMPTION
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OTHER THAN THAT THIS WAS A
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POLITICAL PROBLEM THAT THE IRS
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HAD WITH.
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LARRY: RIGHT.
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THIS IS MORE IRS WEAPONNIZATION.
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>> I HEAR YOU.
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LARRY: I MEAN, REALLY, I WANT TO
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ASK YOU ONE FINAL QUESTION HERE,
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IT IS A SERIOUS QUESTION, IS IT
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ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE
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SECULARIZATION OF THIS COUNTRY?
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>> I THINK THAT IS A FAIR
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QUESTION.
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LARRY: AWAY FROM, I WILL JUST
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USE THE WORD SPIRITUAL, CALL IT
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RELIGION, I DON'T CARE,
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CHRISTIANS, JEWS, MUSLIMS,
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WHATEVER, THE IRS MAKING A
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CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SAY NO TO
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FAITH?
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>> BUT I THINK THAT THOSE, ALL
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THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
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SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH
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THIS.
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LARRY: YES.
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>> LEAH PATERSON REPRESENTING
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CHRISTIANS ENGAGED, THIS IS
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STRAIGHT AROUND NOT IN LINE WITH
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THEIR PAST PRACTICES.
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THEY HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THIS
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WITH THE IRS BEFORE WHICH IS
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IMPORTANT TO GET IN THERE.
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SHE SAID THIS, IF THE IRS GOING
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FORWARD THAT BIBLE TEACHINGS IS
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REPUBLICAN AFFILIATED, THAT
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COULD ENDANGER TAX-EXEMPT STATUS
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OF MANY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
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POTENTIALLY CHURCHES WHICH
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OBVIOUSLY TEACH THE BIBLE WITH
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SOME FREQUENCY AT ISSUE.
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LARRY: THAT IS A HECK OF A
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THING.
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>> I THINK YOUR POINT IS WE'LL
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TAKEN.
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CONTINUE TO SEE THE ATTACK ON
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RELIGION.
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LARRY: THAT IS THE WAY I READ
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IT.
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I ALSO THINK TRULY, IF YOU GO TO
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TEMPLE OR CHURCH ON SATURDAY OR
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SUNDAY, WHENEVER, YOU DO MUCH
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BETTER IN THE STOCK MARKET ON
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MONDAY.
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>> I KNEW THIS HAD TO BE TIED
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BACK TO THE STOCK MARKET.
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LARRY: SANDRA SMITH JUST
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