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Originally Posted by GGG
I would need to see if they are treated the same as other non-profit or charitable organizations. Planned Parenthood endorses candidates so as long as churches and planned parenthood are treated similarly under tax and election law than I don't have any issues. If they are treated differently then this case has merit.
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Planned Parenthood and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund are technically separate entities. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund engages in political activities, but Planned Parenthood itself does not. This allows donations to Planned Parenthood to be tax deductible while donations to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund are not.
Under the same reasoning, Catholic bishops could create a non-tax exempt Catholic Action Fund that could endorse candidates, but funds could not be shared between the Catholic Church and the Catholic Action Fund.