[Secret Agent Man]

See it hasn’t been blocked for the left. Leftist churches have been spewing their politics without worry for decades.

Real traditional churches was what this was aimed at.

Liberty Counsel has some great research and advice for pastors on this subject.

[factoryrat]

Another consequence of the LBJ/DNC/KKK war on black Americans.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

As a lawyer who works in this area professionally, one question that comes up is whether a repeal of the Johnson Amendment would also apply to secular charities, which are also prohibited by it from participating political campaigns.

[Red Badger]

Has it ever been challenged in SCOTUS?

Seems to me that ‘selective’ enforcement of this law is unconstitutional, seeing that AA Churches do political activities from their pews and pulpits without a fear......................

[gdani]

Churches can solve this problem immediately by renouncing their 501(c)(3) status & saying whatever they want, whenever they want. Some conservative churches have done just that over the years.

With the shekels come the shackles.

[gdani]

Thanks to Lyndon Johnson, churches and synagogues can keep all the money donated to them as long as their public speakers stay confined to discourses that have nothing to do with politics, civics, or matters of public interest

This is false. Churches, like all other 501(c)(3) orgs, are only prevented from electioneering (i.e. endorsing candidates & working on campaigns).

[Sopater]

Government has devised a clever little scheme of providing a little bit of something to everyone in order to keep them from protesting too loudly about the provisions given to someone else. It winds up costing all of us more that we can afford while shutting our mouths at the same time.

[Sopater]

Pastor Baldwin's Liberty Church Project is designed to help churches withdraw from the addition of 501(c)(3) status.

http://libertychurchproject.com/

[camle]

never seemed to bother sharpton, jackson farrakhan, etc

[\/\/ayne]

Pulpit Freedom Sunday page also has a link to a great history of the Johnson Amendment.

[buffaloguy]

Dropping their 501c(3) would kill off most churches. Property taxes alone would do it. It would also make financing new churches very dicey.

Churches work on very thin cash flow.

[Taxman]

Self-ping.

[Impy]

Either repeal it, or start GD enforcing it against Black churches, they do nothing but shill for democrats.