September 10, 2007
Dobson: Anti-Buggerer Buggers Tax Law
Reports 365Gay.com:
Focus on the Family chairman James Dobson has been cleared of accusations that he endangered his organization’s nonprofit status by endorsing Republican candidates in 2004, an Internal Revenue Service audit found.
The IRS said Dobson, who backed President Bush’s re-election bid, was acting as an individual and not on behalf of the conservative Christian ministry.
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At least two liberal watchdog groups - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and Colorado Springs-based Citizens Project - filed complaints with the IRS in 2005 against Dobson. The complaints alleged that Dobson improperly used Focus on the Family resources to support candidates and urged investigations into the group’s tax-exempt status.
In a letter to Focus on the Family officials, the IRS states: “Our examination revealed that Dr. Dobson’s reported remarks did not occur in publications of Focus on the Family, did not occur at functions of Focus on the Family, and did not involve Dr. Dobson suggesting that he was speaking as a representative of Focus on the Family.”
Dobson took unprecedented steps into the political arena in 2004. He formed a new political affiliate called Focus on the Family Action, endorsed social conservative GOP candidates for Congress and supported Bush, the first time he had endorsed a presidential candidate. …
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