ESSAY: TRUMP’S EVANGELICAL PANDER – A SIN OR VIOLATION OF THE LAW?
US religion and politics commentator JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says US President Donald Trump’s focus on evangelical Protestants – and especially those who support him unconditionally – is problematic in many ways…
In the US, Johnson Amendment remains intact in latest omnibus spending bill
RNS The part of US tax law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in explicit political activity will remain intact for now, despite concerns that Republican lawmakers would try to repeal it in the latest massive federal spending bill they released this week. The more than 60-year-old law, often referred to as the Johnson […]
US: TRUMP’S FIRST YEAR REPORT CARD – HOW’D HE DO ON IMPORTANT ISSUES TO EVANGELICALS?
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, looks at whether the expectations of US evangelicals have been met during the first year of the Trump presidency…
Thousands of faith leaders ask US Congress to protect Johnson Amendment
RNS Advocates and clergy deliver letters from faith leaders to Congress to keep the Johnson Amendment intact, in Washington, D.C. PICTURE: Americans United More than 4,000 religious leaders have signed a letter urging the US Congress to maintain the Johnson Amendment, a law barring pulpit politicking that President Donald Trump has vowed to gut. “As […]
Trump vows to let churches engage in politics
RNS US President Donald Trump vowed to make good on a campaign promise to repeal the law that restricts political speech from the pulpit, speaking at his first National Prayer Breakfast as president. “I will get rid of, totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow of representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear,” […]