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• The law tends to be enforced in a
partisan matter. The Church at Pierce Creek in Binghamton, New York lost its
tax-exempt status for running a single newspaper
ad just four days before the Presidential election between Clinton and George H. Bush saying that Clinton’s support for government backed abortion and homosexual preferences was contradicting the Bible.[10] However, Democratic Presidential candidate Gore campaigned from the pulpits of inner-city churches, none of which lost their tax-exemption.[11] House Majority Whip Tom Delay from Texas commented, “I don’t know that [selective enforcement takes place] for a fact, but it certainly seems to be that way.”[12]