IRS caught on tape warning prolife organization about "forcing beliefs"

The prolife law firm the Alliance Defending Freedom has released an audio tape of a conversation one of their clients had with an IRS agent.  During the conversation, the IRS agent lectures the president of the prolife organization Pro-Life Revolution about forcing her religion and beliefs on others.  It took Pro-Life Revolution more than two years to receive tax-exempt status. 

ADF tells LifeNews that, in January 2011, Pro-Life Revolution, which operates from Texas under all three purposes for whcih religious groups can obtain nonprofit status, filed an application for tax-exempt status with the IRS. Four months later, the IRS sent a letter requesting “more information” and an explanation of how the organization’s activities are educational or charitable even though IRS rules specify that an organization need only operate for “one or more” of the three exempt purposes. President of Pro-Life Revolution Ania Joseph nonetheless replied and answered the IRS’s questions.

ADF indicates Joseph received a call from IRS Exempt Organization Specialist Sherry Wan in March 2012.

Wan told her that, in order to obtain a tax exemption, “You cannot force your religion or force your beliefs on somebody else…. You have to know your boundaries. You have to know your limits. You have to respect other people’s beliefs.”

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