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Free Preach Rights [8min]

Preaching politics is protected speech in America ... unless you do it from the pulpit. Religious organizations that get involved in electioneering risk getting stripped of their tax-exempt status. The debate over that rule, recently revived by an IRS audit in Pasadena, has united activists of many political stripes. Bob Garfield takes a closer look at one contentious intersection of church and state.
Read entire article at NPR "On the Media"