Liberal Dem Wants IRS Investigation of Catholic Bishops

I still think the Stupak (anti-abortion funding) amendment will disappear from the Obamacare bill by the time a final version comes out of conference (if it can get out of the Senate), but liberal Democrats are playing the outrage game over its passage and one even wants to go after the Catholic Bishops that promoted it (from Rep. Lynn Woolsey (Nut-CA):

I expect political hardball on any legislation as important as the health care bill.

I just didn’t expect it from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Who elected them to Congress?

Let me stop right there for a moment. That last sentence says it all, and is representative of the attitude of many, if not most, in Congress, and not just on the liberal Democrat side. How dare you question what Congress is doing or try to influence their decision! You can almost hear her harrumph.

Back to her diatribe:

The role the bishops played in the pushing the Stupak amendment, which unfairly restricts access for low-income women to insurance coverage for abortions, was more than mere advocacy.

They seemed to dictate the finer points of the amendment, and managed to bully members of Congress to vote for added restrictions on a perfectly legal surgical procedure.

And this political effort was subsidized by taxpayers, since the Council enjoys tax-exempt status.

When I visit churches in my district, we are very careful to keep everything “non-political” to protect their tax-exempt status.

The IRS is less restrictive about church involvement in efforts to influence legislation than it is about involvement in campaigns and elections.

Given the political behavior of USCCB in this case, maybe it shouldn’t be.

So, if you're NARAL or Planned Parenthood or one the other non-profit special interest groups promoting abortion you're okay, but if you're a religious non-profit opposing abortion you're to be punished for making your views known.

Yeah, that's how America is supposed to work.