The separation of church and state may come down to a separation of church and political PACs.
Which may come down to a separation of church and taxes.
Who knew that either religion or tax reform was so complicated?
Politicians know. And now, with tax cuts being two out of every five words spoken in or about Washington, D.C., some lawmakers – read here, Republicans – want to make the repeal of a six-decade-old law that prohibits churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates part of their shadowy tax bill, a bill that still is being “hammered out.”
“Republicans Want to Kill Johnson Amendment,” is the topic line of a news release from Public Citizen, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government watchdog group that last week joined religious organizations and civic groups urging congressional leaders to keep politics out of the pulpit by opposing any such repeal.