#johnsonamendment
LightNews LightNews
happytimes503.bsky.social
#JohnsonAmendment #ChurchAndState
#IRSUpdate
#Religious
#TaxExemptPolitics #KnowTheFacts #SeparationOfChurchAndState
#PoliticalEndorsements #TruthMatters
#StayInformed
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
sightmagazine.bsky.social
In the US, DOJ asks appeals court to allow churches to endorse political candidates @sightmagazine.bsky.social #US #USDepartmentofJustice #JohnsonAmendment #churchandstate #IRS #NationalReligiousBroadcasters

sightmagazine.com.au/news/in-the-...
sightmagazine.com.au
September 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
bjconthehill.bsky.social
Statement from @amandatylerbjc.bsky.social on the IRS’s decision to allow churches to endorse candidates from the pulpit.

You can read BJC’s full press release here: https://loom.ly/9-XtNyM
#JohnsonAmendment #FaithFreedomForAll #EndChristianNationalism
July 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
moments2remember.link
Republican candidates were brought onto a Tennessee church stage. Then a ministry leader reportedly told worshippers, “We can vouch for them.” A tax-law expert says what happened next may be one of the clearest church election violations imaginable. #GOP #ChurchAndState #JohnsonAmendment
CHURCH CAUGHT IN ‘BLATANT’ GOP ELECTION PUSH: Legal Expert Says Tennessee Service Crossed a Shocking Federal Line
The candidates were called forward inside a Tennessee church. The congregation watched. Then came the words that transformed an ordinary Sunday appearance into a potentially serious legal controver…
wp.me
July 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
faithonview.com
A federal judge shut down a proposed Johnson Amendment settlement and dismissed the lawsuit behind it. The decision kept the IRS pastor endorsement ban in place, so churches and other nonprofits remain barred from backing candidates. The ruling landed... #johnsonamendment https://loom.ly/BmF2HqQ
April 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
bjconthehill.bsky.social
The #JohnsonAmendment has protected houses of worship from partisan pressure for 70+ years.

A new proposal backed by the Trump admin would let congregations endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, opening the door to politics in the pulpit.

More: https://loom.ly/_hqoZm4

August 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
secularcoalition.bsky.social
The #JohnsonAmendment prohibits nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations (like churches) from endorsing or opposing political candidates.

A new bill in Congress wants to eliminate it.

Contact your reps and tell them to reject this bill and keep churches out of our politics.

secular.org/actions/tell...
April 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
dustcircle.bsky.social
#DOJ asks appeals court to allow churches to endorse #politicalcandidates

#Trumpadministration lawyers have argued a key component of the #JohnsonAmendment, which bars #nonprofits from taking part in #politicalcampaigns, should not apply to #churches.

religionnews.com/2026/09/24/d...
DOJ asks appeals court to allow churches to endorse political candidates
(RNS) — Trump administration lawyers have argued a key component of the Johnson Amendment, which bars nonprofits from taking part in political campaigns, should not apply to churches. They've asked an...
religionnews.com
September 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
gtak.bsky.social
Republicans want to repeal the #JohnsonAmendment again. Bill introduced in House & Senate. This would free charities to engage in electioneering & donors to condition their donations on a charity's support of a particular political candidate or party. Bad www.councilofnonprofits.org/trends-and-p...
Protecting the Johnson Amendment and Nonprofit Nonpartisanship
A charitable nonprofit may “not participate in, or intervene in ... any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.”
www.councilofnonprofits.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
gtak.bsky.social
Also explains why its likely that the strong majority of nonprofits don't want to get rid of the #JohnsonAmendment which prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from electioneering - imagine a big donor demanding that a charity publicly support their preferred candidate or else not receive their donation
truthout.org Truthout @truthout.org · Mar 20
Historians at the University of Columbia are warning that Trump seeks to destroy the independence of higher education, as reports emerged that the university may give in to Trump's demands — including a crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters — in exchange for $400 million in federal funding.
Columbia University Historians Warn of Trump’s Threat to Academic Freedom
“Authoritarian regimes always seek to gain control over independent academic institutions,” the historians warned.
truthout.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
gtak.bsky.social
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/21/26 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re... - #DayOfRemembrance, IRS threats and bluster, solidarity infrastructure, donor organizing, CEO visibility, funding whiplash, resilience, endowments, spinouts, #JohnsonAmendment, Jesse Jackson, Steven Colbert, and more ...
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 2/21/26
Nonprofit Resources of the Week curates timely articles, tools, and commentary to help nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and their advisors stay informed about legal developments, sector tren…
nonprofitlawblog.com
February 21, 2026 at 5:39 PM
sightmagazine.bsky.social
US churches can endorse politicians, IRS says in court filing @sightmagazine.bsky.social #IRS #InternalRevenueService #JohnsonAmendment #faithandpolitics #NationalReligiousBroadcasters

sightmagazine.com.au/news/us-chur...
US churches can endorse politicians, IRS says in court filing - Sight Magazine
For years, conservative legal groups have argued that an IRS rule barring churches from endorsing candidates was unconstitutional.
sightmagazine.com.au
July 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
gtak.bsky.social
How the recent IRS filing challenges the boundaries between faith and politics www.deseret.com/faith/2025/0... - Mariya Manzhos, @deseret.com.web.brid.gy #JohnsonAmendment #churches
The IRS filing challenges long-standing boundary between politics and church
"Our faith should inform our vote. Our votes shouldn’t drive our faith," says religious liberty expert about the IRS filing that opened debate about political speech within a house of worship.
www.deseret.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
gtak.bsky.social
Treasury and IRS 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan (as it impacts tax-exempt nonprofits) nonprofitlawblog.com/treasury-and... #nonprofitlaw #JohnsonAmendment #DEI
Treasury and IRS 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan
The joint Treasury and IRS Initial 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan was released on September 30, 2025. The Plan contains 105 guidance projects that are priorities for allocating Treasury…
nonprofitlawblog.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
carolleisa.bsky.social
The NYT forgot the #proMcCarthy anti democracy religious complicity was the reason for the #JohnsonAmendment.
LBJ feared groups like Facts Forum and Committee for Constitutional Government were abusing tax-exempt status to return to #wrongfuldeportations. eg Chaplin

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
How Conservative Christians Cracked a 70-Year-Old Law
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
gtak.bsky.social
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/2/25 nonprofitlawblog.com/nonprofit-re... - #nonprofits - the next target, tax law impact on fundraising, Medicaid-Planned Parenthood, policies re: wealth & philanthropy, #JohnsonAmendment, Americorps, NTEN data empowerment report, public service loan forgiveness
Nonprofit Resources of the Week – 8/2/25
Notable Nonprofit Posts, Articles, & Other Resources: Opinion: You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next. (Vanita Gupta, NY Times) [Ed. Vanita Gupta was the 19th Unite…
nonprofitlawblog.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
hollypettit.bsky.social
No big deal—just the IRS quietly giving churches the green light to endorse political candidates during services. Get ready for some strange tithes & donations coming soon.

open.substack.com/pub/hollypet...

#ReligionAndPolitics #UShistory #JohnsonAmendment #ChurchAndState #Democracy #Substack #IRS
So the IRS Just Lets Churches Endorse Candidates. No Big Deal I Guess???
It's not a law, not a court ruling, and definitely not the end of democracy. But messing with the 70 year old Johnson Amendment is worth paying attention to.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
thewildhunt.bsky.social
The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) is suing the IRS, challenging the Johnson Amendment’s restrictions on churches endorsing political candidates, arguing it unfairly silences them and infringes on free speech rights.

wildhunt.org/2024/09/laws...

#politics #johnsonamendment #politicalspeech
Lawsuit challenges IRS to allow churches to endorse political candidates
The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) is suing the IRS, challenging the Johnson Amendment's restrictions on churches endorsing political candidates, arguing it unfairly silences them and infringes...
wildhunt.org
September 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM
nowbreezing.ntw.app

Bluesky's Top 10 Trending Words from the Past 10 Minutes:
️⚠️💨3 - gaza
️⚠️💨2 - ukraine
️⚠️💨1 - minorities
️⚠️💨1 - tariffs
️⚠️💨1 - lgbtq
️⚠️💨1 - despair
️⚠️💨1 - deactivated
️⚠️💨1 - natürlich
️⚠️💨1 - passport
️⚠️💨1 - recount
(tap/click to see all posts on Bluesky featuring that word!)
Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): gaza, ukraine, minorities, tariffs, lgbtq, despair, deactivated, natürlich, passport, recount, proceeding, numb, sagt, marginalized, cooperation, citizenship, unions, spite, ici, hopeless, fait, deactivate, cheated, anger, voted, sen, rfk, precautionary, persist, negativity, grieve, distraction, votes, survive, safe, protections, orgs, mourn, latinos, inflation, garland, fewer, dems, counted, être, optimism, oligarchs, liberals, kaeya, incumbent, immunity, felon, endure, devastated, democratas, deleted, decency, bleak, bigots, какой-то, voters, thrive, survived, quand, qualified, privilege, preserve, pac, organize, merrick, mattered, mag, là, lining, liberalism, leopards, inauguration, immigrant, hugs, horribly, halt, flee, fascists, establishment, empathy, economy, dólar, distract, democrats, country, coping, convicted, breathe, blamed, blame, biden, betrayed, aquí, angry, americans, administration, turnout, trump, texted, tant, swinging, stay, solace, sayin, santé, rights, results, recession, reasonably, rapist, protecting, priority, praying, positives, positively, personnes, oklahoma, minority, merde, locally, legislation, kommt, kindness, identified, horrified, hateful, gutted, fascistas, fascist, fascism, equality, droit, deportations, deportation, democratic, deleting, deactivating, dafür, cotação, cope, consequence, concede, checkpoint, cette, cesspool, blaming, biden's, america, admin, abroad, стало, дом, wählen, worried, welp, voter, vie, vent, upstairs, uplift, unfollow, underestimate, transitioning, traitor, timelines, there'll, tapping, tamil, sweets, sweden, surviving, supporters, suicide, subscriptions, stunned, strong, stressing, stance, sherrod, sexism, sending, scotus, schlimmer, sane, ruled, resistance, republicans, relieved, rebellion, questioning, putain, purge, promises, professionals, problème Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): trump, promosky, arkanis, pixelart, gaming, ttrpg, 섹블, 섹트, aacon17, writingcommunity, writing, genshin, fursuit, fursona, election, dungeonsanddragons, cute, anthro, ドット絵, vore, usa, transformers, spotify, onlyfans, nintendo, minecraft, magento, johnsonamendment, indiegame, humanatm, helluvaboss, godot, furryartist, election2024, dragonage, commissions, cartoon, blender, bingxv, baldursgate3, averyvchristmas, 3dart, yiff, whitechristmaswithbingv, warhammer40k, vr, veilguardspoilers, twins, transgender, stream, simp, showusyoursims, science, rt, retro, pokemontcgpocket, phighting, muscle, mm09, lucysbedroom, lgbtq, lewd, kidlit, kamalaharris, jujutsukaisen, gundam, godotengine, game, fansly, esquentablackfriday, canada, boobs, beta, amwriting, 自锁, 短歌, 崩壊, 体育生, ポケポケ, ジャンケットバンク, コイカツ, ปกนิยาย, zosan, yuri, yumesky, youtuber, wyrdwednesday, writer, worldbuilding, wlw, witchsky, wipwednesday, winning, whalesub, webcomic, washington, warhammercommunity, wangyibo, vtubersen, vtuberbr, videogame, vgen, utrecht, twitter, trumpisacriminal, travel, touhou, thesims4, thepenguin, tanka, succubus, sub, streetphotography, stockmarket, steam, starwars, startrek, sprunki, splatoon3, sonicoc, smt, sketchbook, sims4, shadowlightandpersonaerpg, shader, security, seattle, scifi, schönesgegendoofes, rwby, rule34, rpg, rkgk, repost, religion, ps4share, protogen, piss, piraten, piano, photographie, petite, persona, p2, outdoor, otd, orkney, onceuponatime, ocartist, nsfwbsky, norteli, naeyc24, mutualaid, musictheory, musica, mood, monster, mlpfim, midjourney, memes, maccadam, lyricsprompt2024, lyricsprompt, lucifermorningstar, lucifer, lgbtqia, lewdtuber, leather, leagueoflegends, lastfm, koikatsu, kindleunlimited, jojosbizarreadventure, jjba, jin_runningwild, jin_happy, irl, ireadcanadianday, innovation, indiegames, indiegamedev, indie, identityv, hypnovember, homestuck, grüne, goddess, gl, gesundheit, gbvsr, gameplay, fucktrump, fox, followfriday, folklore, fiction, ff7, fallout, envtubers, eldercare Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 🛑, 🧨, 🧚‍♀️, 🦭, 🔦, 🍦, 🇮🇸, ✍🏻, 🤕, 👋🏼, 🎇, 🇨🇦, ®, 🫵🏾, 🫂, 🪽, 🪴, 🪦, 🤏🏼, 🤎, 🙌🏽, 🙇‍♂️, 🖖, 📹, 📱, 📰, 📉, 💣, 👴, 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩, 👍🏿, 👉🏼, 👇🏼, 🏰, 🏃🏻, 🎴, 🎆, 🌴, 🌄, 🇸🇪, ▪️, 🫳🏻, 🫥, 🫐, 🪿, 🪲, 🪡, 🩶, 🧵, 🧤, 🧚‍♂️, 🧐, 🧍‍♂️, 🦔, 🦐, 🦏, 🥶, 🥞, 🥀, 🤷🏼‍♂️, 🤷‍♂️, 🤷, 🤦🏼‍♀️, 🤏🏽, 🟫, 🚲, 🚜, 😲, 😯, 😥, 🗞, 🗑️, 🕞, 🕓, 🔵, 📦, 📕, 📈, 💷, 💶, 💵, 💴, 💯, 💬, 💐, 👌🏼, 🐹, 🐦‍⬛, 🐍, 🐌, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, 🏴, 🏳️‍⚧️, 🏃🏽‍♀️, 🎣, 🎅, 🍶, 🍴, 🍟, 🍓, 🍒, 🇺🇦, 🇨🇳, 🇦🇷, ⤵️, ➕, ✌🏽, ✌🏼, ⚰️, ⚧️, ⚗️, ⚔️, ℹ️ If you need someone to talk to, here is the link to message me (@NickWrightData.ntw.app, creator of @NowBreezing.ntw.app) over the Signal app: https://signal.me/#eu/XNbymWWcjJZxBHdeJWvTbXK86ViP1DYALo68NJYWDR8JQYuZwu5G0ojsYMG9_Qyf
November 6, 2024 at 5:20 PM
discgolf19thhole.bsky.social
www.threads.com/share/BBdGfC...
Frank Figliuzzi (@frank.figliuzzi) on Threads
My latest column. As we approach the midterms, certain pastors will increasingly violate the law. Learn the details on Substack. Link in bio. #churchandstate #johnsonamendment #calvarychapel #christia...
www.threads.com
July 30, 2026 at 12:29 AM
bryanmepstein.bsky.social
Outrage as Red-state church commits ‘blatant’ illegal act to bolster GOP: law expert
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Church #JohnsonAmendment

www.rawstory.com/church-26772...
Outrage as Red-state church commits ‘blatant’ illegal act to bolster GOP: law expert
Calvary Chapel church in Chattanooga, Tennessee was under fire Friday after committing what one tax law expert described as a “pretty blatant” illegal act in its efforts to help bolster Republican can...
www.rawstory.com
July 25, 2026 at 10:48 PM
ezroland.bsky.social
Trump’s “religious liberty” plan could turn tax-exempt churches into partisan political machines, financed through deductible donations and shielded from public scrutiny.

Read the EX POST!™ exposé.
@ExPostMedia

#ReligiousLiberty #JohnsonAmendment #ChurchAndState

open.substack.com/pub/ezroland...
THE POLITICAL MACHINE HIDING INSIDE TRUMP’S “RELIGIOUS LIBERTY” PLAN
EX POST!™ JULY 19, 2026 | AFTERNOON EDITION EXPOSÉ
open.substack.com
July 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
dustcircle.bsky.social
Trump's " #ReligiousLiberty" Report Targets #ChurchStateSeparation

#DonaldTrump #RLC #religious #freedom #ChristianNationalism #DanPatrick #separationofchurchandstate #religion #publiclife #JohnsonAmendment #policies #conservative #Christians #agenda #theology

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLDQ...
Trump's "Religious Liberty" Report Targets Church-State Separation
YouTube video by Friendly Atheist
www.youtube.com
July 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
canadiancharity.bsky.social
Urgent Policy Update from @BoardSource http://ow.ly/lSMr30h3GoG dealing with protecting the #JohnsonAmendment - so sad to see the deterioration in the US on so many levels
Attention Required! | Cloudflare
ow.ly
December 2, 2024 at 10:22 AM