The head of the Family Research Council said Tuesday evening that a call by 40 Congressional Democrats for a Treasury Department/IRS investigation of the group’s “association of churches” tax-exempt status was “factually challenged” and asserted the organization isn’t “trying to hide anything” from the public.
FRC president Tony Perkins told The Washington Times that his organization filed for “association of churches” recognition in 2020 and said the Democratic letter’s assertions that the FRC is a “church” are incorrect.
“We did not seek recognition as a church,” Mr. Perkins said in a telephone interview. “We’re an association of churches, [and] there’s a difference between the two.