A group called the Mainstream Coalition is monitoring churches:
According to McKnight, the Coalition asked for volunteers willing to worship in a church other than their own. This was with the idea of reporting back to the Coalition about any activities they felt were crossing the lines-such as actual endorsement of candidates -- an activity prohibited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Do you think they'll be dropping a dime on this one?
Speaking to worshipers at Riverside Church in upper Manhattan on the eve of the Republican National Convention, Clinton swiped at President George W. Bush for his response to ads attacking Sen. John Kerry's war record and criticized the administration on everything from the environment, drug benefits for seniors to what he said were tax cuts at the expense of education and security. "Sometimes I think our friends on the other side have become the people of the nine commandments," he said, accusing Republicans of ignoring the truth. He also assailed the religious right for turning "all those who disagree with them into two-dimensional cartoons." Speaking after an hour-long service, he said that the minister's sermon in Riverside Church "stands in stark contrast to the other party about to convene here, putting on their once-every-four-years compassionate face."