Last spring the ELCA Board of Pensions urged intervention with Congress "to prevent elimination of [clergy housing allowance] as a tax benefit." We were told, "A federal court appears poised to [declare the benefit] unconstitutional."
I believe in citizen lobbying. But this particular call produced conflicting reactions. I had these thoughts:
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