SALT LAKE CITY — The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to grant tax-exempt status to a Texas-based nonprofit that urges Christians to pray for elected officials and vote after Republicans in Congress, including two from Utah, expressed outrage at its initial decision.
First Liberty Institute says the reversal came after a national backlash against the IRS' rejection of nonprofit status for Christians Engaged because the agency claimed that "the sanctity of life, biblical marriage, and biblical justice" were associated principally with political platforms.
First Liberty Institute represented Christians Engaged in its appeal after tax-exempt status was denied because of the group's teachings.