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Thanks to the ACLJ’s advocacy, pastors can now speak freely from the pulpit about political candidates without fear of IRS ...
When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the ...
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 ...
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 ...
That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?
Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...
There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...
The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.
In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...
A policy change by the Trump administration could have large impacts on churches throughout Montana and the country. And in a ...
Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, ...
Interview with Doug Pagitt of Vote Common Good about the new IRS ruling that pastors can endorse candidates from the pulpit.