Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the IRS against the Minnesota church, Living Word Christian Center, claiming that Pastor Mac Hammond violated the church's tax-exempt status by endorsing congressional GOP candidate Michele Bachmann. The church claims that his remarks were a mistake and a misunderstanding of the IRS rules. However, CREW claims that the church's response is not enough, calling on the IRS to apply the appropriate fines and penalties. News of Bachmann's speech first appeared Sunday on the blog, Minnesota Monitor. The Star Tribune details the pastor's words; "We can't publicly endorse as a church and would not for any candidate," Hammond said. "But I can tell you personally that I'm going to vote for Michele Bachmann." However, as reported today in the article "Pastor won't be voting for Bachmann -- he can't", Hammond does not even live in Bachmann's congressional district.