RW Catholic League may have broken 501(c)(3) Laws, also doesn't mind RW Anti-Catholics

[ck4829]

According to United States law governing the behavior of 501(c)(3) organizations, it seems highly likely that William Donohue--President of the Catholic League, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization--may have broken the law by attempting to intervene in a political campaign.

The IRS document Organizational Test - IRC 501(c)(3) states explicitly that an organization with this tax exempt status cannot intervene in a political campaign.

Despite the legal restrictions on his organization, Donohue appears to be using the Catholic League to campaign against John Edwards bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President, in particular the IRS strict prohibition for 501(c)(3)'s on "issue advocacy" as a form of political intervention.

Beyond Donohue's appearances on broadcast media, during which he has spoken out against the John Edwards campaign, The Catholic League which Donohue used its 501(c)(3) non-profit status website to publish the following Press Release that included this explicit attempt to intervene in a political campaign: "Catholic League president Bill Donohue is demanding that presidential hopeful John Edwards fire two recently hired anti-Catholics who have joined his team: Amanda Marcotte as Blogmaster and Melissa McEwan as the Netroots Coordinator."

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/2/8/16403/50306

I wanted to find out more about this, in particular I wanted to find out what Donohue said about Anti-Catholic bigot, Jerome Corsi, he became famous in 2004 when he was working with the Anti-Kerry Swift Liars. It turns out, he .

Why would he attack Anti-Catholics working for a Democrat, but defend a Republican one?

[JHB]

1. Just remember that when Bill Donohue calls someone "anti-Catholic"...

...he means it the way Pat Roberson and others talk about "anti-Christian bais".

He means anti-his kind of Catholic, not what the phrase means to the rest of the Englis-speaking world.

[dflprincess]

3. From what I've seen of Donohue "anti-Catholic" to him means

anyone who questions anything the Church does.

He's made it clear that he does not consider Catholics who disagree with the Church on issues like birth control, divorce, abortion, Gay rights etc to be real Catholics (anti-Catholic Catholics as it were).

[Missy M]

2. Ugh!! that photo of Donohue reminds me of Karl Rove....

guess they all come out of the same mold. He defends a Republican because he's anti-Democrat, also he has no morals.

[RB TexLa]

4. One would assume Donohue has read the Catechism.

In which case, the church's position is very much attacked by this statement that does not look like a joke.


Corsi also called Islam "a worthless, dangerous Satanic religion," and a "cancer that destroys the body it infects"


http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P29.HTM

841 The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."