Flap Over Falwell Endorsement

Church-state watchdog group Americans United for Separation of Church and State wants the IRS to look into Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Fallwell Jr.’s endorsement of Mike Huckabee for president. In a complaint filed with the federal tax agency, Americans United noted that Falwell hosted the candidate at Liberty University and then sent an email message […]

Church-state watchdog group Americans United for Separation of Church and State wants the IRS to look into Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Fallwell Jr.’s endorsement of Mike Huckabee for president.

In a complaint filed with the federal tax agency, Americans United noted that Falwell hosted the candidate at Liberty University and then sent an email message on Liberty University letterhead endorsing Huckabee, says AU.

According to AU: Falwell is following in the footsteps of his late father Jerry Falwell Sr. In 1993, Falwell Sr.’s Old Time Gospel Hour had its tax exemption retroactively revoked for the years 1986 and 1987 and the ministry was required to pay $50,000 because of involvement in partisan politics.


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