Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) has reportedly requested that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigate a California ministry whose leader issued a press release endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. "In a Feb. 4 press release, the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson of the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny (BOND) endorsed Romney. The opening paragraph reads, in part, "Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson...Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, announced this morning his personal endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney for President of the United States." The press release was printed on BOND letterhead and posted on the group's Web site, where it was clearly identified as a "BOND Press Release."