The government sometimes denies free speech to the church and other organizations. One
organization that was punished was the Christian Coalition. The
organization’s tax-exempt status was revoked by the IRS in 1990,
because they distributed voters’ guides. According to the IRS, this was
breaking the guidelines set for tax-exempt groups, yet recently the
IRS admitted in federal court that the guides were not a violation.
The amount refunded five years later by the IRS was small, only
$169.26, but, it was "a huge victory for the Christian Coalition and a
huge defeat and concession by the Internal Revenue Service,"[13] according to Jay Sekulow, chief
counsel for the American Center for Law and the defendant lawyer for the Christian Coalition in
court. Although the IRS lost in appeals, this case shows that not just
churches but other Christian organizations as well are being
punished for actions that may actually be permitted by the IRS
code.