THE CONVERSATION — Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service said in a legal document ...

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...

On July 1, 2015, the First Church of Cannabis held its first service in Indianapolis. While no marijuana was actually smoked, the moment sparked national attention and a legal challenge that tested ...

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org July 9, 2025 Ten years ...

The Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders can endorse political candidates to ...

Andrew Walker, who teaches at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, wrote the proposal Southern Baptists ...

Rather than viewing liberty and equality as distinct or even competing constitutional principles, Yoshino proposed that they ...

Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will ...

The Catholic Church “maintains its stance of not endorsing or opposing political candidates,” said U.S. Conference of ...