Crooks and Liars: Why doesn’t the IRS investigate James Dobson?

By: John Amato on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 at 2:12 PM - PDT

When I read this article in the LA Times I wasn’t surprised at all.

Antiwar remarks at All Saints in Pasadena were made two days before the 2004 election. The church is ordered to hand over records. The IRS investigation was triggered by an antiwar sermon delivered by its former rector, the Rev. George F. Regas, at the church two days before the 2004 presidential election.

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who unsuccessfully tried to launch a Government Accountability Office investigation into the IRS’ probes of churches nationwide last year, called the summons "a very disturbing escalation" of the agency’s scrutiny of All Saints. "I don’t want religious organizations to become arms of campaigns," he said. "But they should be able to talk about issues of war and peace without fear of losing tax-exempt status. If they can’t, they’ll have little to say from the pulpit."