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IRS says churches may endorse political candidates despite a decades-old federal statute barring them from doing that

There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but Republicans have tried to get rid of it before.

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Religious Groups Sue IRS Over Political Endorsement Ban

In 2024, two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming that restrictions on their ability to endorse political candidates violate their constitutional rights.

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Church and state: Does IRS ruling give clergy too much political power? | Opinion

When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the Internal Revenue Service has granted churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious organizations categorized as a house of worship tax-exempt status.

Opinion

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Speaker Mike Johnson: The true meaning of the ‘separation of church and state’

The majority of the Founders ... were determined to prevent the official establishment of any single national denomination or religion.

Opinion

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Politics doesn’t belong in the pulpit. Neither does the IRS.

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 ...

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IRS kneels to religious groups in church-state issue

In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...

Opinion

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Analysis: Do IRS restrictions on churches unfairly burden their religious freedom?

That’s what the IRS now claims, in a reversal from Biden-era positions. Could this embolden critics of religious liberty?

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Christian nationalism-embracing media figures declare victory after Trump IRS argues that churches can endorse political candidates

Christian nationalism-embracing media figures cheered the IRS’ statement that the Johnson Amendment — a decades-old ban on ...

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First Amendment Triumph: IRS Recognizes Pastors’ Right to Free Speech

The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

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