Thou Shalt Not … Amend the State Constitution?
This issue of A Public Witness takes you inside a hyperpartisan church for a taste of how the gospel of Jesus is being supplanted by an imperial lust for political power.
Evangelical Broadcasting Group Asks FCC to Investigate ABC Over Jimmy Kimmel Joke
TV host Jimmy Kimmel joked about the first lady having ‘a glow like an expectant widow,’ during a sketch about the White House Correspondents' Dinner that aired two days before the actual reception.
Judge Rejects Johnson Amendment Settlement, Keeping Ban on Pastors Endorsing Candidates
The ruling caps a decades-long battle to overturn a ban on houses of worship endorsing candidates.
Interrupting Worship for a Candidate
This issue of A Public Witness heads down to Georgia to consider the devil in the details of the race to determine who will be the next Republican nominee for governor.
Judge Rules Americans United Can’t Intervene in ‘Johnson Amendment’ Case
Defenders of the IRS political campaign activity ban hope to block a proposed legal settlement that would allow churches to make partisan statements during worship services.
Democrats Urge Trump Administration to Keep Banning Churches From Endorsing Politicians
A letter from Democratic lawmakers warned that repealing the Johnson Amendment, set to be discussed in a hearing next week, would fracture a ‘foundation stone in the nation’s wall of separation between church and state.’
Trump Energizes Conservative Christians With New Religious Policies
‘A president with a true Christian agenda would be most concerned with uplifting those in our country who have been cast aside,’ said Rev. Shannon Fleck of Faithful America. ‘The most vulnerable among us are not billionaires. Those most vulnerable among us are not these
Churches Can Endorse Politicians, IRS Says in Court Filing
The IRS hopes to settle a lawsuit brought by a pair of Texas churches and a group of religious broadcasters over rules that bar houses of worship and other nonprofits from getting involved in political campaigns.
If Trump Pulls Harvard’s Tax Status, It Won’t Be the First Time the IRS Penalized a University
Reviving a 1976 decision against a fundamentalist Christian school will likely fail, say legal experts. But if it succeeds, it could trigger conservative Christians’ ‘nightmare scenario.’
Trump Adviser and Pastor of First Baptist in Dallas Says IRS Investigated His Church
For years, churches and separation of church and state activists have been frustrated at the way the IRS has handled allegations of church electioneering.