501(c)(3)'s cover a wide range of non profits, but as they relate to church, it is easy to see that the prohibition on candidate issues are part of the same cloth as our tax exemptions.  Remove one and you open the door to the other.  It has been 65 years since California dealt with anti-Catholic challenges to our tax exemptions, it is not a history to be relived.  Remember, the devotees of Christocracy see us as the other team, be cautious what you wish for...