Theocon Thievery

Election thievery, that is. And tax law violation. And rank hypocrisy. The NY Times has the story:

A group of religious leaders has sent a complaint to the Internal Revenue Service requesting an investigation of two large churches in Ohio that they say are improperly campaigning on behalf of a conservative Republican running for governor.

In their complaint, the clergy members contend that the two Columbus-area churches, Fairfield Christian Church and the World Harvest Church, which were widely credited with getting out the Ohio vote for President Bush in 2004, have allowed their facilities to be used by Republican organizations, promoted the candidate, J. Kenneth Blackwell, among their members and otherwise violated prohibitions on political activity by tax-exempt groups.

A retired pastor gives an anti-war sermon in a California church and the IRS springs into action, but it turns a blind eye to blatant violations when the churches are pro-Bush. World Harvest Church, by the way, is pastored by notorious theocrat Gonad Garnish Rod Parsley, who has advocated turning America into a "christocracy." He even has a new flag design ready to go:


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