The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

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

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without ...

The policy change reverses a ban on endorsing or opposing candidates by religious organizations known as the Johnson ...

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By interpreting political discussions during worship as private conversations, the IRS creates a loophole that will lead to ...

The IRS veered away from banning political endorsements in houses of worship, spurring differing views from Houston's ...

In a court filing submitted on Monday, July 7, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it was changing a rule ...

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

Two East Texas churches, Sand Springs Church in Athens and First Baptist Church Waskom, were among the plaintiffs in the ...

The Internal Revenue Service's recent declaration that it will not prohibit churches and pastors from endorsing political ...

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...