The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

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

The policy change reverses a ban on endorsing or opposing candidates by religious organizations known as the Johnson ...

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The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma Poulson reed shared a message in support of the separation between Church and ...

Two East Texas churches, Sand Springs Church in Athens and First Baptist Church Waskom, were among the plaintiffs in the argument.

The Internal Revenue Service made a statement on Monday that would allow churches to support political candidates of their choice without losing their tax-exempt status, overturning decades of ...

"Ours is not a blue or red diocese, but a purple one, and above all, a Christian one." 2 News Oklahoma's Braden Bates shares ...

Nor was it just that right-wing ministers were expressing Republican-shaped views about everything from LGBTQ rights to tax laws from the pulpit. Outside church walls, the massive ecosphere of ...