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Barry Lynn is a religous leader with ties to the Lehigh Valley area. Lynn, born in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Boston University's School of Theology and Georgetown University's law program. A reverend, he is also the Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Barry Lynn is a religous leader with ties to the Lehigh Valley area. Lynn, born in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Boston University's School of Theology and Georgetown University's law program. A reverend, he is also the Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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House approves bill to allow religious symbols on war memorials
Nation NowThe House on Tuesday approved a measure that seeks to permit religious symbols in war memorials, a response to a court ruling declaring unconstitutional a cross atop a San Diego war memorial.... -
Why don't churches pay taxes?
Today's question: Why should churches be tax exempt in the first place? Wouldn't it be a better approach to deny the tax exemption to all churches? Previously, Stanley and Lynn debated whether federal tax law chills free speech in churches. Hands off our...Tags: Lawyers, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Voting, Church and State Relations
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Do tax laws gag the clergy?
Today's question: Is federal tax law too restrictive on clergy who publicly endorse political candidates or voter initiatives? All week, Barry W. Lynn and Erik Stanley discuss the friction between church and state over the issue of political speech from...Tags: Lawyers, Bodies of Water, History, Rivers, Human Rights
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Tax laws and religious speech: what the Constitution says
Today's question: Does the Constitution have anything to say about the relationship between federal tax law and political speech by clergy? Previously, Stanley and Lynn discussed how far ministers can delve into politics without inviting federal scrutiny,...Tags: William Sloane Coffin, Lawyers, Science and Technology, Al Gore, Judges
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When do ministers cross the line?
Today's question: At what point does a minister cross a line between merely sharing private views and involving a church in a political campaign, thereby inviting IRS scrutiny? Previously, Lynn and Stanley debated whether churches should receive tax...Tags: Lawyers, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Death, Church and State Relations
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Does the IRS go too far with churches?
Today's question: Has the IRS ever gone too far in pushing back against political speech by clergy? Previously, Lynn and Stanley discussed the Constitution’s position on pulpit politics, how far ministers can delve into politics without inviting...Tags: Lawyers, History, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Judges, Campaign Finance
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Myrtle L. Hartle, 86
Mrs. Myrtle L. Hartle, 86, of Hagerstown, died Tuesday afternoon, May 29, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. She was the wife of the late Mr. Richard Lee Hartle, who died April 9, 2012. Born Sept. 23, 1925, in Franklin County, Pa., near...Tags: Religion and Belief, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Richard Lee, Reformed, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Complaint filed with IRS over homily by Peoria bishop
Tribune reporterA prominent advocate for the separation of church and state filed a formal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service Thursday, accusing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria of violating federal law by intervening in a political campaign. The Rev. Barry...Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Church and State Relations, Christianity
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Complaint filed with IRS against Peoria Diocese
A prominent advocate of church-state separation filed a formal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, accusing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria of violating federal law by intervening in a political campaign.
The Rev. Barry Lynn,...Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Church and State Relations, Christianity
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Richard L. Hartle, 90
Mr. Richard Lee "Dick" Hartle, 90, of Hagerstown, died late Monday afternoon, April 9, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown. He was the husband of Mrs. Myrtle Louise Leckron Hartle, whom he married on July 30, 1948. Born in Aug. 7, 1921, in...Tags: Trinity United Church of Christ, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Religion and Belief, World War II (1939-1945), NASA
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Two men charged in Franklin County break-in
Two men have been arrested in connection with a Franklin County break-in.
On Saturday a neighbor noticed a suspicious person at a home in Hardy.
The neighbor saw another man leave a home with items in a pillow case.
Investigators arrested 39-year-...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Prosecution, Redman, Charles Wesley
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Burke's idea to continue free water is all wet
Change of SubjectFriday's print column, below, is a revised and extended version of a blog posting yesterday Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, made a splash, so to speak, Wednesday when he called for allowing religious schools and houses of worship to continue getting......
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