IRS says churches can endorse political candidates

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Key Points:
The IRS in a new federal court filing says that churches can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status.
The move upends a 70-year interpretation of the U.S. tax code, whose Johnson Amendment has barred non-profit groups, including churches, from endorsing political candidates without putting their tax-exempt status in jeopardy.

Posted by whatsleft at 11:27 AM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

Trump defies the Constitution once again.

#1 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-08 11:28 AM

If the US Government can't tax churches, shouldn't the same apply to ANY form of commercial entertainment? I mean, isn't that all organized religion really is... show business?

#2 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-07-08 11:29 AM

If the US Government can't tax churches, shouldn't the same apply to ANY form of commercial entertainment? I mean, isn't that all organized religion really is... show business?

#2 | Posted by Whatsleft

Not even close. Name another form of entertainment that lies to you and demand you believe the lie.

Not even magic shows expect you to believe they are really magic.

#3 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-08 11:48 AM

"Name another form of entertainment that lies to you and demand you believe the lie."

Fox News.

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-08 12:04 PM

The law was in place so that political donations would NOT be tax-deductible.

Welcome to Trumplandia.

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-08 12:09 PM

Not even magic shows expect you to believe they are really magic.

POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

Do you really think that all Christians truly believe? You don't have to be a believer to attend a church. Some folks just need to believe in something (most were born into Christianity so it is familiar to them) and there is a strong desire to belong to something.

Anyway ... Magic shows are much more fun if you believe in magic.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-08 12:18 PM

so now it's legal for all churches to do

what black churches have been doing for

decades.

well 0kay then

#7 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-07-08 01:32 PM

It's been done all along by most major churches.

Of course you made it a race thing.

#8 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-07-08 01:33 PM

AH I see what your problem is.

NOW a church can do the same for a republican