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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 ...
I still won’t be. Because it wasn’t fear of jeopardizing my church’s tax exempt status that kept me quiet. It was fear of God ...
The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.
There is nothing preventing the IRS from deciding to enforce the Johnson Amendment again and perhaps doing so selectively.
The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader. It banned all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from ...
The majority of the Founders ... were determined to prevent the official establishment of any single national denomination or religion.
Repealing a 71 year-old law, the IRS is now allowing churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status after a federal ...
Many people don’t want their religious leaders to tell them how to vote. In the current deeply divided political moment, that ...
We should preach and teach in a way that makes it clear that our loyalty is not to any politician or political party. | ...
The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.
Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...
When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the ...