美国国内税收署 (Internal Revenue Service)周一同意，牧师和其他宗教领袖可以根据一项已有数十年历史、名为《约翰逊修正案》 (Johnson Amendment)的法律，为其会众的政治候选人背书，而不会威胁到他们的免税地位。教会内部谈论政治被视为与在家中进行的家庭讨论一般。

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status.

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

The IRS said in a court filing that churches whose pastors endorse political candidates from the pulpit shouldn't lose their ...

The IRS says pastors who endorse political candidates from the pulpit should not have to risk losing their tax-exempt status.

The agency's agreement in a court filing formally reverses a decades-old provision of the tax code, but the motion would need ...

Although seldom enforced, The Johnson Act has long been a source of tension between religious groups and federal regulators.

The change in IRS code came after a lawsuit tried to challenge the Johnson Amendment, a longstanding principle of separation ...

Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will ...

It’s another blow to church-state separation just in time to get conservative churches revved up for the midterms.

The IRS' decision circumvents a decades-old ban on political activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.  The Johnson ...