Christian org responds after Dems demand IRS probe into its tax-exempt status: Trying to 'silence Christians'
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The Family Research Council slammed an effort from Democratic lawmakers Tuesday asking the federal government to review the Christian organization's tax status.
Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer at Fox News Digital
"This is nothing new for Democrats," FRC Co-Founder and President Tony Perkins told Fox News Digital in an interview. "They want to silence all religious organizations. They really ought to get their facts straight because the facts that are advanced in this letter are inaccurate."
"We're not a church," he continued. "We're what is recognized as an ‘association of churches’ because we work with churches. We've got about somewhere in the neighborhood of 15,000 active churches that we work with; we have a number of ordained members of our staff. So, we work with churches."