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There is nothing preventing the IRS from deciding to enforce the Johnson Amendment again and perhaps doing so selectively.
There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...
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 ...
The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.
Many people don’t want their religious leaders to tell them how to vote. In the current deeply divided political moment, that ...
A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.
Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...
Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...
The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.
A decades-old rule keeping churches from endorsing politicians was struck down in court. Here's what to know about the Johnson Amendment.
The IRS said it no longer will enforce the Johnson Amendment that prevents churches and other nonprofits from endorsing ...