I wish you guys who want to debate the "abortion" issue per se would do it in a separate thread.   

What we're talking about here (allegedly) is whether a tax-exempt, non-political charitable organization can legitimately advocate for or against political parties or candidates without really violating the rules of their tax-exempt status.

Nobody seems to be arguing that this priest, or the Catholic Church, isn't allowed to hold whatever views they want on abortion.   But for the church or its representative to stick his nose/their noses into the business of the voting behavior of parishioners, that's another matter.

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