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"The IRS emphasized that this position is 'consistent with a long-standing pattern of selective enforcement,' and referenced a 2017 executive order issued by then-President Trump directing the IRS not to pursue penalties against religious organizations engaged in political speech."

#USA #US #USpol #trump #IRS #TaxExemption #501C3 #religion #law #JohnsonAmendment
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https://natlawreview.com/article/irs-announces-churches-and-other-houses-worship-may-endorse-political-candidates

#ChurchStateSeparation #Flipboard #News:

Why the Founders Fought for the #SeparationofChurchandState

This #IRS move will pressure more #preachers to praise #DonaldTrump

Trump’s #religiouslibertycommission might be the end of #religiousfreedom for all

#Churches can endorse #politicians

#Americans United denounces #Trumpadministration’s unlawful proposal to exempt #housesofworship from the #JohnsonAmendment

#ChristianNationalism and #DelusionsofGrandeur

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#ChurchStateSeparation #Flipboard #News:

Why the Founders Fought for the #SeparationofChurchandState

This #IRS move will pressure more #preachers to praise #DonaldTrump

Trump’s #religiouslibertycommission might be the end of #religiousfreedom for all

#Churches can endorse #politicians

#Americans United denounces #Trumpadministration’s unlawful proposal to exempt #housesofworship from the #JohnsonAmendment

#ChristianNationalism and #DelusionsofGrandeur

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#ChurchStateSeparation #Flipboard #News:

Why the Founders Fought for the #SeparationofChurchandState

This #IRS move will pressure more #preachers to praise #DonaldTrump

Trump’s #religiouslibertycommission might be the end of #religiousfreedom for all

#Churches can endorse #politicians

#Americans United denounces #Trumpadministration’s unlawful proposal to exempt #housesofworship from the #JohnsonAmendment

#ChristianNationalism and #DelusionsofGrandeur

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#ChurchStateSeparation #Flipboard #News:

Why the Founders Fought for the #SeparationofChurchandState

This #IRS move will pressure more #preachers to praise #DonaldTrump

Trump’s #religiouslibertycommission might be the end of #religiousfreedom for all

#Churches can endorse #politicians

#Americans United denounces #Trumpadministration’s unlawful proposal to exempt #housesofworship from the #JohnsonAmendment

#ChristianNationalism and #DelusionsofGrandeur

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#ChurchStateSeparation #Flipboard #News:

Why the Founders Fought for the #SeparationofChurchandState

This #IRS move will pressure more #preachers to praise #DonaldTrump

Trump’s #religiouslibertycommission might be the end of #religiousfreedom for all

#Churches can endorse #politicians

#Americans United denounces #Trumpadministration’s unlawful proposal to exempt #housesofworship from the #JohnsonAmendment

#ChristianNationalism and #DelusionsofGrandeur

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/church-state-separation-g5hp0m0uy

#ProTrump #Texas #Pastor #RobertJeffress believes '#God has a plan' for #election.

The #evangelical #leader of #FirstBaptistDallas thinks the #JohnsonAmendment restricts #churches'

— It was a tradeoff for giving them #TaxExemptStatus, and to balance out their outsized ability to #influence their #congregations.

https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/trump-texas-pastors-presidential-election-19804418.php