Churches Can Endorse Political Candidates to Their Members: IRS

Churches Can Endorse Political Candidates to Their Members: IRS

The sign outside the IRS building in Washington on May 4, 2021. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File

The IRS on July 7 outlined an exception to a decades-old rule, the Johnson Amendment, which had banned tax-exempt religious organizations from campaigning for political candidates.

In a court filing regarding a lawsuit against the government by two Texas churches and the National Religious Broadcasters Association, the federal agency said the ban would not apply to faith organizations when they are campaigning to their own members.

Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

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