Tax Exempt Immorality

We all know the foundation of good morality: The rules that other people have to follow apply to you, too.

Sadly, the pastors who have fallen into the clutches of the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition have abandoned this basic moral principle.

They’ve done it for the money.

They are worshipping mammon.

These pastors made a covenant. Now, they have broken that covenant. They have broken trust. They have broken faith.

The covenant was simple: If you run a tax-exempt organization in the United States, you get the privilege of not having to pay taxes. In return, you agree not to engage in partisan political campaigns.

The moral reason for this covenant is obvious: The American people shouldn’t have to pay the price for special economic privileges for people who are working for political campaigns.

This covenant isn’t just a matter of moral honor. It’s a matter of law. It is a well known federal law.

The pastors of the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition have chosen to violate that law, and betray the trust of the American people.

They asked to make their churches tax exempt. But then they broke the law by transforming their churches into political campaign machines.

For the sake of Donald Trump, these pastors have become criminals.

By joining the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition, these Iowa pastors have become part of a vast criminal conspiracy to cheat the American people.

They’ve done it so that they can have more money for themselves.

They think they shouldn’t have to pay their fair share, like you and I and other hard-working Americans do.

That’s not just against the law. It’s not just against the sacred covenant the pastors agreed to.

It is also morally wrong.