Editorials

Op-EdS

Holland Sentinel - Christine Berghoef, My Take: Clarity Needed on Church, State Separation

San Antonio Express-News - Garrett Vickrey, Don’t Change My Church into a PAC

AL Dot Com - Rev. Terri Byrd, Pews Are Sacred Spaces, Not Partisan Places

The Hill - Sister Margaret Magee and the Rev. Jimmie R. Hawkins, Stop Congress from Injecting Partisan Campaign Politics Into America's Houses of Worship

The Washington Post - David Saperstein and Amanda Tyler, Trump Vowed to Destroy the Johnson Amendment. Thankfully, He Has Failed.

Lancaster Online - Richard Christensen, Dropping Johnson Amendment Repeal Was the Right Move

Montana Standard - Al Beaver, Tax Plan Hurts Separation of Church and State

Columbus Underground - Michael Corey, Republican Tax Plan Creates More Need While Limiting Non-Profit Support

Lexington Herald-Leader - Rev. D. Anthony Everette, Pastors Don't Want to Endorse Candidates

Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Liz Moore, Nonprofits Should Serve Communities, Not Candidates

The Fresno Bee - Jan Masaoka, Congressman Nunes, Protect Nonprofits in the Tax Reform Bill

The New York Times - Ellen Aprill, Leave the Johnson Amendment Alone

Worcester Telegram - Jim Klocke, The Threat to All Nonprofits in Proposed Tax Overhaul

The Hill - Rev. Dr. Susan Henry-Crowe & Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Two Faiths, But One Mind on Keeping Politics Out of the Pews

Messenger-Inquirer - Rev. Micah Spicer, Sanctuaries Should Be Houses of Prayer, Not Dens of Partisanship

U.S. News & World Report - Stephen Spaulding, Keep Charities Charitable

Miami Herald - Fabiola Santiago, For God's Sake, Republicans! Preaching Politics from Pulpit is an Atrocious Idea

Texas Baptists Life - Ferrell Foster, Why the Johnson Amendment Protects Your Church

Houston Chronicle - Very Rev. Barkley Thompson, Rev. Tommy Williams, Rev. Dr. Steve Wells, Why Churches Shouldn't Endorse Political Candidates

The Daily Astorian - Rev. Bill Van Nostran, Johnson Amendment is Worth Saving

Arkansas Democrat & Gazette - Stephanie Ellis and Megan J. Pike, Leave Law as It Is

The Des Moines Register - Rev. Alejandro Alfaro-Santiz, Why 4,000 Church Leaders Want to Keep Politics Out of the Pulpit

The Herald-Sun - Jennifer Copeland, Protect Johnson Amendment

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Rev. Stephen Copley, Keep It Separation: Pulpit No Place for Partisanship 

The Hill - Karen Gano & Tim Delaney, Congress, Defend the Common Law and Common Sense of Nonpartisanship

The Huffington Post - Rev. Timothy McDonald, Destroying the Johnson Amendment Helps Special Interests, Not Churches

The Houston Chronicle - Rev. Scott Moore, Protect the Johnson Amendment

The Dallas Morning News -  Rev. George Mason & Rabbi David Stern, A Repeal of the Johnson Amendment Would Sadly Bring Politics into Houses of Worship

The Bangor Daily News - Tiffany Muller,  Repealing the Johnson Amendment Would Turn Churches into Super PACs

MinnPost - Kristi Rendahl, Why Congress Shouldn't Repeal or Weaken the Johnson Amendment

The Hagerstown Herald-Mail - Rev. Don Stevenson, The Political Pulpit

The Forward - Rabbi Jack Moline, Ban on Partisan Pulpits Is Key to Protecting Religious Freedom

The New Hampshire Union Leader - Kathleen Reardon, NH Nonprofits Should Remain Nonpartisan

The Bismarck Tribune - Dana Schaar Jahne & Kevin Dvorak, Keep Nonprofits Nonpartisan

National Catholic Reporter - Pat Perriello, Johnson Amendment Did Churches a Favor

AL Dot Com - Rev. Robert Wilkerson, Politics and Churches Are Best Left Separate

Crux - Father Matthew Schneider, Churches Shouldn’t Endorse Candidates, Even If the Law Allowed

The News and Observer - Richard M. Clerkin, Repealing the Johnson Amendment Could Lead to Reduced Donations to Churches and Charities

The Wichita Eagle - Davis Merritt, Religion As a Cover for Dark Money

The Atlantic - Rabbi David Wolpe, A Rabbi Defends the Johnson Amendment

Newsweek - Philip Hackney & Betty M. Phillips, Trump May Upend Nonprofits With Vow to "Destroy" Johnson Amendment

The Houston Chronicle - Randall Balmer, Religion Flourishes in the United States Because We Keep It Separate from Government

U.S. News & World Report - Alan Brownstein, Congressional Caution Is Needed

The Winston-Salem Journal - Rev. Charles Francis Wilson, President Trump's Threat to Religious Freedom

Cleveland Jewish News - Rabbi Steven L. Denker, A Primer on the Johnson Amendment

Religion News Service - Amanda Tyler, Politicize Our Charities and Churches? No, Thanks

The Washington Post - Ellen Aprill, Trump Wants to Force You – the Taxpayer – to Pay for Campaigning from the Pulpit

U.S. News & World Report - Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Prevent Pulpit Politicking

The Los Angeles Times - Randall Balmer, Don't Listen to the Complainers on the Religious Right. We Need the Johnson Amendment

New York Times - Steven Waldman, How Trump Would Corrupt the Pulpit

Time Magazine - Rabbi David Wolpe, Why Religious Leaders Should Not Endorse Candidates

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