More than 1,500 nonprofit and religious organizations are speaking out against the Trump administration’s intention to stop enforcing the Johnson Amendment. This amendment prohibits political campaigning by tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations, including churches. In a July 30 letter (http://bit.ly/41xMTvt ) to President Trump and the IRS, groups including Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the National Council of Nonprofits voiced opposition to government support of a U.S. District Court case’s proposed consent judgment. According to these organizations, the consent judgment “risks opening the floodgates” for houses of worship to endorse political candidates.
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