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There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...
For more than 70 years, federal law has prohibited pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. Now the IRS is letting it be known that it has no intention ...
A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...
That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?
In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...
The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.
The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.
Republicans have run the table with religious voters. This Religious Left leader says Democrats can now fight for faith ...
Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...
Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, ...
The Internal Revenue Service is proposing to give churches a greater role in politics, allowing them to endorse or speak ...
A policy change by the Trump administration could have large impacts on churches throughout Montana and the country. And in a ...