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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
08-02-2013, 09:42 PM
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/08/irs-harassment-of-pro-life-groups-continues-despite-claims-to-contrary.html Thursday, August 01, 2013BREAKING: IRS Harassment of Pro-Life Groups Continues Despite Claims to ContraryThomas More Society Reveals Ongoing IRS Misbehavior and Religious Liberty Violations
CHICAGO - Today, the Thomas More Society submitted an updated second memorandum to Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18) of the House Committee on Ways and Means, detailing additional evidence of continued IRS targeting of pro-life organizations. Despite claims by the Obama Administration that the harassment has ceased, the Society produced over 250 pages of documentation showing that the federal government is still interrogating pro-life groups beyond the scope of its legal authority, infringing upon these organizations' First Amendment rights of assembly, free speech, and religious liberty.
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(http://featherfiles.aviary.com/2013-08-01/f77694d11/8a3e40580b644d4d844b9e392898a358_hires.png)Congres sman Aaron Schock questions IRS executives about their harassment of pro-life groups
"Despite claims to the contrary, the IRS continues to target and harass pro-life and conservative charities, illegally questioning their religious activities and withholding their tax exemptions," said Peter Breen vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society. "We have now produced irrefutable evidence of six clients whose First Amendment rights were trampled upon by the IRS because of their position upholding the sanctity of life. Even after public disclosure of this wrongdoing, the Obama Administration's IRS has refused to cease its illegal activity. We will continue to aid Congress in its investigation until those responsible are brought to justice and the IRS is made to respect every American's constitutional rights."

Since the Thomas More Society disclosed evidence in May showing IRS harassment of three pro-life groups, the Society has been contacted by numerous additional organizations seeking legal counsel related to IRS issues. Three of these entities, Cherish Life Ministries, LIFE Group, and Emerald Coast Coalition for Life are highlighted in today's memorandum as having experienced illegal targeting by the IRS.
The memo details the recent experience of several pro-life organizations applying for 501(c)(3) charitable recognition and reveals blatant bias on the part of the IRS agents assigned to process those applications. Repeatedly these pro-life groups were harassed with questions about time spent in prayer at abortion facilities and told that they must educate and advocate on abortion from both sides of the issue. Two groups were also falsely denied their tax exemption status by IRS agent Mrs. R. Medley who claimed they didn't qualify under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. All three groups' tax exemptions were delayed 13-16 months with IRS supervisors, including Lois Lerner, singling out their applications for further review by an "exemption organization specialist." While Thomas More Society attorneys have intervened and secured relief for two of these three organizations, one organization - Emerald Coast Coalition for Life - still remains in limbo.

Kathianne
08-02-2013, 11:13 PM
From the Thomas More site, I'm picking up what seems to me to be relevant, additional information:

https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/2013/08/01/irs-harassment-of-pro-life-groups-continues-despite-claims-to-contrary/


...Since the Thomas More Society disclosed evidence in May showing IRS harassment of three pro-life groups, the Society has been contacted by numerous additional organizations seeking legal counsel related to IRS issues. Three of these entities, Cherish Life Ministries (http://cherishlifeministries.com/), LIFE Group (http://liferunners.org/), and Emerald Coast Coalition for Life (https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/2013/08/01/irs-harassment-of-pro-life-groups-continues-despite-claims-to-contrary/www.40daysforlife.org)are highlighted in today’s memorandum as having experienced illegal targeting by the IRS.


The memo details the recent experience of several pro-life organizations applying for 501(c)(3) charitable recognition and reveals blatant bias on the part of the IRS agents assigned to process those applications. Repeatedly these pro-life groups were harassed with questions about time spent in prayer at abortion facilities and told that they must educate and advocate on abortion from both sides of the issue. Two groups were also falsely denied their tax exemption status by IRS agent Mrs. R. Medley who claimed they didn’t qualify under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. All three groups’ tax exemptions were delayed 13-16 months with IRS supervisors, including Lois Lerner, singling out their applications for further review by an “exemption organization specialist.” While Thomas More Society attorneys have intervened and secured relief for two of these three organizations, one organization – Emerald Coast Coalition for Life – still remains in limbo.
The Society has now presented Congressman Schock and the Committee with compelling documentation of six different groups which have experienced viewpoint-biased discrimination by the IRS, dating back to 2009 and involving multiple IRS offices and agents, including those in El Monte, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Cincinnati, Ohio.


Thomas More Society attorneys are available for interviews. Contact Tom Ciesielka at 312-422-1333 or tc@tcpr.net.


To read the most recent Thomas More Society memo to Congressman Aaron Schock of the House Ways and Means Committee click here (http://www.scribd.com/doc/156171272/Supplemental-Memorandum-for-Congress-on-Pro-life-Harassment).


To see the accompanying exhibits click here (http://www.scribd.com/doc/156171696/Combined-Exhibits-for-Supplemental-IRS-Memorandum%5D).


Additional information on Thomas More Society’s first IRS memorandum submitted on May 17, 2013, can be found here (https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/2013/05/17/congress-receives-irrefutable-evidence-of-irs-harassment-of-pro-life-organizations/)

Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
08-03-2013, 08:34 AM
From the Thomas More site, I'm picking up what seems to me to be relevant, additional information:

https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/2013/08/01/irs-harassment-of-pro-life-groups-continues-despite-claims-to-contrary/ You see how easy it is for Obama. The scandal was said to be nothing, then Obama decried how he'd get to the bottom of it all and presto the media started carrying the ball for him after that. The media then started playing how it all was overblown and now a thing of the past. Yet now we see these scum still engaging in doing the same thing! That is arrogance, contempt and utter disdain for the law, the citizenry and the Constitution. That is how Obama and crew work. They feel above the law because Obama has proven to be above the law! And he has because no formal charges have ever been brought against any of his illegal actions. He is above the law! How can that be denied when he has gotten away with every illegal act he has engaged in? And there has been more than just one!--Tyr