SAVANNAH, Ga. — Organizers of a meeting to discuss an upcoming mayoral race in Georgia barred reporters from attending - unless they were African-American.
The Wednesday meeting at a church in Savannah was held to try to unite the city’s black community behind a single candidate for mayor in the Nov. 5 election. Signs at the door said “Black Press Only!”
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This was at a church, why are politics being talked about? Isn't that a violation of their 501(c)(3) status?
ReplyDelete"Currently, the law prohibits political campaign activity by charities and churches by defining a 501(c)(3) organization as one "which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office." (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/charities-churches-and-politics)
The fact that they are being racist about the whole thing is just the sad part.