(Credit: PerseoMedusa via Shutterstock) On National Prayer Breakfast day in early February, President Donald Trump repeated a pledge he had made several times on the campaign trail that echoed the 2016 Republican Party Platform: I will get rid of, and totally destroy, the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution. He was talking about a small part of the tax code that requires organizations that are both tax-exempt and able to receive tax-deductible contributions to stay away from political campaigns. Often called the Johnson Amendment, this law covers churches, mosques and synagogues, as well as other charitable, religious, educational and scientific organizations. Almost 90 percent of Protestant pastors and 80 percent of parishioners agree that churches should stay out of politics.
How Much Does The Johnson Amendment Curtail Church Freedom?
Elizabeth Schmidt, The Conversation, Salon: Politics
Wed, 02/22/2017 - 2:58am
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