As the passage of Proposition 8 continues to energize advocates on both sides of the political spectrum, many who opposed the initiative have questioned whether the Mormon Church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), violated federal tax law through their efforts to support the constitutional amendment which effectively banned same-sex marriage in California.
To be clear at the outset, no one outside of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can accurately answer this question. The IRS is the ultimate arbiter of whether or not LDS violated their tax-exempt status. While it remains uncertain whet....