“What happened to Pres. Trump rescinding with an EO , was it called the Johnson Amend., with an EO?”
There’s a fight going on about this, I guess. I might not be understanding correctly, but I think an EO can’t repeal this. He’s said things that suggest the IRS not enforce the Johnson Amendment — the IRS, another corrupt agency that will do whatever it wants to.
“Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in February 2017, President Trump gave the repeal effort his full support. In May he signed an executive order urging the Treasury Department to show leniency in enforcing the amendment, and in recent months he urged the U.S. Congress to do away with it altogether.
“The repeal effort, however, ran into stiff opposition from nonprofit organizations and many church groups who said that without the amendment they would face pressure from politicians seeking endorsements. Neither the tax bill passed in December nor the spending bill passed Thursday by the House included a repeal provision.”
March 22, 2018
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/22/596158332/another-effort-to-get-rid-of-the-johnson-amendment-fails
“The repeal effort, however, ran into stiff opposition from nonprofit organizations and many church groups who said that without the amendment they would face pressure from politicians seeking endorsements.
Really?
Give me a break.
As long as the EO is in force, you are free to talk about politics in church.
Trump wanted Congress to codify it in law, but of course Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell had much more important things to not do.
Regardless, the Johnson (as in LBJ) Amendment was an infringement on the First Amendment, so we should speak out anyway.