IRS Investigates UCC

This inquiry is in regard to the national organization and I believe it shouldn't affect local congregations.

IRS grants three-week extension for UCC's response: "The UCC has been granted a three-week extension to respond to the Internal Revenue Service's inquiry of Sen. Barack Obama's June 2007 speech at the UCC's General Synod in Hartford, Conn. The deadline is now set for March 27.
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Even as the IRS continues its investigation, the Rev. John H. Thomas said the UCC will not shirk from its longstanding tradition of advocating for justice as a fundamental tenet of UCC faith and witness.

"When the church speaks out on issues of justice and peace it is continuing a prophetic witness rooted in the Bible and at the heart of the traditions in American church history that have shaped the United Church of Christ," Thomas said. "Labeling this as partisan or political represents a profound misunderstanding of the moral responsibility of the church and its members to be involved in the great and pressing public issues of the day."

The UCC's legal team is being headed by former U.S. Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman from the prestigious law firm WilmerHale of Washington, D.C."