The Johnson Amendment has been muzzling pastors and preachers and church leaders for decades. And now all that is about to come to an end.
And none too soon.
Since the mid-1950s, churches have been largely prohibited from outright endorsing political candidates, else face loss of their tax-exempt status.
But as Dave Kubal, CEO and president of Intercessors for America, says, that restriction has really sent a chill over churches.
“It’s really government-sponsored persecution of the church,” he says. “Reversal of the Johnson amendment is really a restoration of rights.”
In a nation built on a quest for religious freedom, it’s strange to have such a restriction on the churches in the first place. And it all began with a certain senator’s desire to win a reelection.
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