Why Trump Teamed up with Jerry Falwell Jr. to repeal 1954 Johnson Amendment Liberty University [View all]
A policy proposal touted by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. could unleash the vocal cords of nonprofit and religious leaders — along with their donors’ pocketbooks.
Trump and Falwell consider the “Johnson Amendment,” a 1954 tax law barring tax-exempt organizations from overtly supporting or opposing political candidates and limiting their ability to lobby, as a suppression of free speech.
While Trump has broadcast his support of the repeal to evangelical voters in particular, it applies to a broad swath of “charitable organizations” receiving tax-exempt status for charitable, religious, scientific, educational and other purposes.
Opponents and skeptics said its repeal could turn private educational institutions, churches and other religious organizations and nonprofits into political action committees. They said the change would fuel already-growing concerns over the disproportionate power of money in politics.
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God, Politics, separation of church and state make strange bed fellows. Comey and the FBI Love Liberty University for training new recruits. Hot Damn this election gets more interesting by the minute, only one problem we could be watching the demise of are country!
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