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Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...
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 ...
Last week, the IRS said it wants to do away with a 71-year-old prohibition barring churches from endorsing political ...
That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?
IRS proposal weakens Johnson Amendment firewall that keeps religious institutions from endorsing politicians. People of faith must say: “Not in my church. Not in God’s name.” ...
A sanctuary and a refuge is what church is supposed to feel like. At its best, a house of worship is a place where a stranger ...
A decades-old rule keeping churches from endorsing politicians was struck down in court. Here's what to know about the Johnson Amendment.
The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.
The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.
A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.
The IRS said it no longer will enforce the Johnson Amendment that prevents churches and other nonprofits from endorsing ...