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The IRS will let churches endorse candidates from the pulpit, overthrowing six decades of nonprofit regulation. It's a move ...
The Christian Post reached out to a couple of churches involved in Pulpit Freedom Sunday to get their perspectives on the IRS ...
Free speech doesn’t stop at the church door,” writes former Broward GOP executive director Lauren Cooley. The IRS’ recent ...
You want a service from the government, you pay for it. But taxation with conditions of behavior attached is worse than theft ...
A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...
Notwithstanding the consent decree, it's an open question whether the US Supreme Court would go along with voiding the Johnson Amendment.
A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.
So why, citing religious freedom concerns, did the IRS advance an interpretation of the law that allows churches to do just ...
As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...
The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status. The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations ...
The decades-old Johnson Amendment does not apply to speech by houses of worship to its congregation through “customary channels of communication,” the IRS said in a July 7 court filing in the ...
The IRS announced churches can endorse political candidates through an exemption in the Johnson Amendment. The announcement came in a settlement of a lawsuit brought by two Texas churches.