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'''Americans United for Separation of Church and State''' is a [[liberal]] organization which asks the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of conservative Churches which its leadership disagrees with.<ref>[http://www.au.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr003=h1ym14y5x4.app1b&abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=9193&security=1002&news_iv_ctrl=1241 IRS Should Investigate R.I. Catholic Diocese For Political Intervention, Says Americans United]</ref><ref>[http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=9163&security=1002&news_iv_ctrl=2286 IRS Should Investigate Florida Religious Group For Political Intervention, Says Americans United]</ref>

'''Americans United for Separation of Church and State''' is a [[liberal]] organization which asks the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of conservative Churches which its leadership disagrees with.<ref>[http://www.au.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr003=h1ym14y5x4.app1b&abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=9193&security=1002&news_iv_ctrl=1241 IRS Should Investigate R.I. Catholic Diocese For Political Intervention, Says Americans United]</ref><ref>[http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=9163&security=1002&news_iv_ctrl=2286 IRS Should Investigate Florida Religious Group For Political Intervention, Says Americans United]</ref>

The leader of Americans United is [[Barry Lynn]], who is an ordained minister in the liberal [[United Church of Christ]]. The United Church of Christ invited [[Barack Obama]] to speak at one of its functions and was not criticized by Lynn despite his outrage at more conservative churches for similar political activities.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56418 Activist's church mixes politics, religion]</ref>

The leader of Americans United is [[Barry Lynn]], who is an ordained minister in the liberal [[United Church of Christ]]. The United Church of Christ invited [[Barack Obama]] to speak at one of its functions and was not criticized by Lynn despite his outrage at more conservative churches for similar political activities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Keller|first1=Bill |url=http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56418 |title=Activist's church mixes politics, religion |work=[[WND]] |date=June 28, 2007 }}</ref>

==History==

==History==

Originally founded as '''Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State''' (POAU) in 1947, the original founding members were [[Charles Clayton Morrison]], [[Glenn L. Archer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findingaids.princeton.edu/names/151868621|title=Biography: Americans United for Separation of Church and State|work=Princeton}}</ref> [[Edwin McNeill Poteat]], [[Garfield Bromley Oxnam |G. Bromley Oxnam]],  and [[Joseph Martin Dawson]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBJKAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=archer+founders+morrison+poteat+oxnam+dawson|title=Embattled Wall: Americans United, an Idea and a Man|date=1966|publisher=Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State|page=27}}</ref>

Originally founded as '''Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State''' (POAU) in 1947, the original founding members were [[Charles Clayton Morrison]], [[Glenn L. Archer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findingaids.princeton.edu/names/151868621|title=Biography: Americans United for Separation of Church and State|work=Princeton}}</ref> [[Edwin McNeill Poteat]], [[Garfield Bromley Oxnam |G. Bromley Oxnam]],  and [[Joseph Martin Dawson]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBJKAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=archer+founders+morrison+poteat+oxnam+dawson|title=Embattled Wall: Americans United, an Idea and a Man|date=1966|publisher=Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State|page=27}}</ref>

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