The Internal Revenue Service will maintain a policy barring pastors and churches from endorsing political candidates following a surprise ruling in a high-stakes court battle.
In a March 31 opinion, Judge J. Campbell Barker in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas dismissed a lawsuit filed by the National Religious Broadcasters and others that challenged an IRS rule known as the Johnson Amendment.
The Johnson Amendment was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as U.S. Senate majority leader. It bans all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from “directly or indirectly” participating in politics, specifically in endorsement or opposition of candidates.
Weren’t mega church pastors recently in whitehouse praying for the pedo? who were also pushing him as a saviour since before 2016?
Isn’t that endorsing?
Oh see they think the irs is as stupid as the god they worship, so since they didn’t say the explicit words that they are endorsing agent Krasnov, they would argue no.