The Internal Revenue Service said July 7 it no longer will enforce the Johnson Amendment that prevents churches and other nonprofits from endorsing political candidates. While some are praising the move that effectively ignores a 1954 law passed by Congress, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and our National partners Interfaith Alliance see it as a dangerous precedent.

Guthrie Graves-Fitzimmons serves as the vice president of programs and strategy at Interfaith Alliance, where he directs the organization's integrated advocacy campaigns and movement building. He is also an MSNBC columnist and the author of Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity (Broadleaf Books, 2020).

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