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Biblical Truth Equals Voter Intimidation
May 22nd, 201204:53 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley All of us at ADF are rejoicing over the recent victory in North Carolina, which became the 31st state to enshrine marriage as between one man and one woman in its state constitution. I am of the firm belief that the victory would not have taken place had it not been for North Carolina’s churches st... -
Uncharitable Discrimination: A Maine Church Fights for Equal Treatment
May 11th, 201211:32 AM ETEqual treatment is easier to preach than practice – particularly when tax dollars are at stake. Aldersgate United Methodist Church, a small congregation in the coastal city of Rockland, Maine, applied for a property tax exemption on its church building, parking lot, and surrounding grounds, but the City refused to exempt the parking lot. Why? ... -
Bill Introduced to Repeal the Johnson Amendment
April 23rd, 201205:11 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley A bill was recently introduced in the House of Representatives to repeal the portion of the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) popularly referred to as the Johnson Amendment. The bill is H.R. 3600 and, in its preamble, states that its purpose is to “restore the Free Speech and First Amendme... -
IRS Remains Mum on Pulpit Freedom Sunday
April 20th, 201204:21 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley As readers of this blog know, ADF has conducted Pulpit Freedom Sunday since 2008. Pulpit Freedom Sunday is a legal project designed to restore a pastor’s right to speak freely from the pulpit without fearing government censorship or control. The government, by applying the Johnson Amendment ... -
Be Wary of Empty Church Rooms: Church Property Tax Exemptions Under Attack
March 15th, 201205:30 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster This tough economy is hitting everyone. From unemployment to Wall Street bailouts to rocketing gas prices, it seems that everyone is hurting for cash. Apparently, local governments are no exception. Across this nation, local taxing authorities are trying to increase their coffers by denying property tax ... -
Church’s Outreach Ministry to the Poor Leads to Large Tax Bill
March 15th, 201205:25 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley As I recently posted, there are very good reasons why churches should be tax exempt. One Nashville church, though, found that its attempts to reach out to the poor and needy in the community resulted in a very large property tax bill. Their case is an example of the increasing attacks on church ... -
Should Churches Be Tax Exempt?
March 15th, 201205:20 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley Why is your church tax exempt? Why should it continue to be tax exempt? If I were to sit down and ask you these questions, would you have a clear and coherent answer? I suspect this is something we seldom think about. After all, tax exemption for churches has always been given and we assume, because of... -
Are Churches Subject to Section 501(c)(3) of the Tax Code?
March 02nd, 201212:26 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley Every time I talk about Pulpit Freedom Sunday, I inevitably get a comment from an audience member that goes something like this, “You know, if churches just unincorporated, they wouldn’t be subject to the IRS,” or “Because churches aren’t required to apply for tax exemption, they aren’t ... -
Parochial Schools and Peyote: How Illegal Drugs and Christian School Teachers Are Related
February 05th, 201205:18 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot Back in 1990, the Supreme Court decided that laws prohibiting use of the hallucinogenic drug peyote did not violate the freedom of religion of Native Americans who ingested it as part of their religious ceremonies. Many outside of the legal community thought this was the right result because of concern... -
Jim Garlow Says: Don’t Worry About Being ‘Too Political’ in the Pulpit
January 17th, 201205:37 PM ETJim Garlow has an article on MinistryToday.com entitled Preach It! His article is well worth the read. Jim talks about how for “57 years, people have believed a cultural myth that “pastors cannot speak out about politics.” Such is the nature of the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which suddenly stripped way from American pulpits what they h...
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