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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 ...
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.
The Catholic Church "maintains its stance of not endorsing or opposing political candidates," said U.S. Conference of ...
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org July 9, 2025 Ten years ...
Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will ...
The IRS said that religious leaders could endorse political candidates in churches and other religious centers without losing their tax-exempt status — carving out an exemption from a decades-old tax ...
The change in IRS code came after a lawsuit tried to challenge the Johnson Amendment, a longstanding principle of separation ...
In a recent court filing, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has agreed that churches and other houses of worship are not ...
Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...
The decree is being considered largely a formality because the IRS has never enforced the amendment for "speech concerning ...