Eric Stanley

Feds offer atheists a clergy tax break that they don’t want

By Bob Smietana — August 21, 2013
(RNS) "We are not a church," atheists say. Government lawyers disagree, saying atheist leaders can be considered ministers.

Reformers want Congress to end ban on pulpit politicking

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 14, 2013
(RNS) An independent commission recommended that members of the clergy should be able to say "whatever they believe is appropriate" from the pulpit without fear of IRS reprisal.
Page 1 of 1