
07/18/2025
OPINION: I am a woman of deep faith. I believe in the power of prayer, the importance of community and the need for spiritual guidance in uncertain times. But what I do not believe in — and what our Founders warned against — is the politicization of the pulpit.
The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly preparing to allow churches and faith-based organizations to openly endorse political candidates without penalty. If this becomes official policy, it will be one of the most dangerous erosions of the separation between church and state in modern American history.
Since 1954, the Johnson Amendment has prohibited tax-exempt organizations, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. To tear down this important firewall now — when we are more divided, more distrustful and more politically tribal than ever — is a recipe for national disaster.
Churches are not campaign headquarters. Pastors are not political operatives. And faith is not a partisan tool: https://bit.ly/4lAHg7J