Restless Christian: Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Congress passed a law restricting freedom of speech for clergy, specifically by denying them the ability to:

participate in, or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office

This law is a requirement for any church which wants to retain its tax exempt status, which previously had been given without any such restrictions.

Now a (small but growing) group of pastors is challenging this law directly by practice by planning to endorse specific candidates.

All of which is to say that I was pretty much obligated to respond to this, which I did over at Restless Christian (my Tumblr for religious stuff).

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    TJ’s insightful writeups...religious matters. Like leaving

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    speech for clergy, specifically by denying them...retain its tax exempt status, which...

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