The IRS’s Bob Jones revocation supplied Weyrich’s racial organizing issue

Evidence

The IRS was not placated. On January 19, 1976, after years of warnings—integrate or pay taxes—the agency rescinded the school’s tax exemption. For many evangelical leaders, who had been following the issue since Green v. Connally, Bob Jones University came to be seen as a bellwether. When the IRS declared its intentions in August 1978 to revoke the tax exemptions of schools with an “insignificant number of minority students,” Weyrich had his issue: the defense of racially segregated evangelical institutions. — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 112

Categorization

• XREF: Provides the concrete trigger-event that the rest of the chapter interprets; useful anchor for the argument forming. — connects to: Tax exemptions tied organized Christian resistance to IRS enforcement during desegregation — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 250; The Religious Right began as reaction to IRS desegregation of Christian schools. — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 312; The 1978 ‘insignificant number of minority students’ IRS rule was Weyrich’s rallying issue (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The Religious Right began as reaction to IRS desegregation of Christian schools. #expands (0.90) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 312
• The 1978 ‘insignificant number of minority students’ IRS rule was Weyrich’s rallying issue #expands (0.85)
• The IRS’s challenge to segregated schools, not abortion, birthed the Religious Right #corroborates (0.85) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 23
• 1978 pro-life upsets convinced Weyrich abortion could mobilize evangelical voters #contradicts (0.75) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 125
• Abortion failed for years to mobilize evangelicals before the IRS ruling #corroborates (0.70) — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 106