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

There is nothing preventing the IRS from deciding to enforce the Johnson Amendment again and perhaps doing so selectively.

Clergy urged to refrain from backing candidates in pulpit, despite change in federal-tax policy that now allows them to do so ...

The majority of the Founders ... were determined to prevent the official establishment of any single national denomination or religion.

The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader. It banned all tax-exempt organizations like churches and charities from ...

Repealing a 71 year-old law, the IRS is now allowing churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status after a federal ...

Many people don’t want their religious leaders to tell them how to vote. In the current deeply divided political moment, that ...

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

When you donate or pledge money to a religious institution, Uncle Sam does not take a bite of that cash. For years, the ...

Ohio churches are having mixed reactions to news that the Internal Revenue Service will relax enforcement of the ban on ...

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