One goal of the lawsuit is to set a legal precedent that holds that the IRS cannot prohibit speech on religious or moral issues.
Here's an excerpt from their web site :
...The IRS intimidates organizations like ours all the time.
It especially threatens churches with taking away their tax-exempt status.
The IRS has a long record of making churches and religious organizations think they’re not allowed to say anything about political candidates and moral issues—in any manner whatsoever.
It makes you think that if you do, you’ll lose your tax-exempt status.
Thus, the IRS is effectively holding every non-profit organization in America hostage.
Everyone knows that if Christians today had half the fortitude of the early Christians—who were willing to die rather than compromise their religion—the enemy would be powerless against such faith.
Well, this is our opportunity to prove that we do have such faith...
