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

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

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

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

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

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A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

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

A decades-old rule keeping churches from endorsing politicians was struck down in court. Here's what to know about the Johnson Amendment.

"Ours is not a blue or red diocese, but a purple one, and above all, a Christian one." 2 News Oklahoma's Braden Bates shares ...

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