By: Mike in Houston

Mike in Houston — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:48:31 +0000

Those that argue that the FRC or AFA shouldn’t be part of the program are wrong. The CFC is simply a mechanism for federal employees to give THEIR own money via payroll deduction. Unlike private companies, there is no matching gift program… So no tax dollars are going directly to the FRC. Rather than dwelling on the hate label (well deserved though it is), why not start pouring over the 990′s, etc? That’s how Porno Pete’s AFT org lost their 501c3 status.

By: brian

brian — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:23:43 +0000

It’s just over ten weeks before an incredibly significant national election. So it’s not hard to see why OPM may be distracted– appearing to jump through every hoop necessary to publicly deny what is obvious to casual observers.

The federal government should not be in the business of providing and facilitating fund-raising support for hate groups.

So OPM needs to promptly establish reasonably tough, defensible standards that prevent participants of CFC– especially those with a past history of doing so– from publicly demonizing and denigrating whole classes of people protected by civil rights laws– both local, and now, federal. If such standards are well-crafted, civil rights groups (e.g., HRC) should have no problem defending their CFC status before unfriendly administrations in the future.

Hopefully, that should not take OPM longer than, say… about 90 days to accomplish.

Comments on: Family Research Council remains in federal charity program

By: Mike in Houston

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