We need your help now more than ever to defend the Johnson Amendment – a provision of the tax code that protects the integrity of tax-exempt organizations, including houses of worship, by ensuring they do not endorse or oppose candidates.
Several members of Congress are working with the Trump-Pence administration and have introduced legislation in an effort to – in the president's own words – “totally destroy the Johnson Amendment."
Just last week, a provision was added to a budget bill in the House of Representatives that would severely weaken the Johnson Amendment. This provision would prohibit the IRS from investigating houses of worship that violate the law unless the IRS Commissioner himself first signs off on it and reports it to Congress – making investigations unlikely to ever move forward....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/act-now-to-educate-congress-about-the-johnson-amendment

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