Trump said hell totally destroy the Johnson Amendment. What is it and why should people care?
In his address at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning, President Trump made one clear policy declaration: “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment.”
What is that? Is it in Trump’s power to destroy it? And who would want him to do that?
What the Johnson Amendment is: It’s named for Lyndon B. Johnson, who introduced it in the Senate in 1954, nine years before he became president. It bans all tax-exempt nonprofits — which includes churches and other houses of worship, as well as charities — from “directly or indirectly” participating in any political candidate’s campaign.
What Trump has against it: Trump presents this ban on participating in politicking as a restriction on the freedom of faith groups to put their religion in action, if their religion calls on them to campaign for a candidate. At Thursday’s prayer breakfast, Trump said that his reason for opposing the Johnson Amendment is that it impinges on the American “right to worship according to our own beliefs” — apparently describing campaign participation as a form of worship.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/02/trump-said-hell-totally-destroy-the-johnson-amendment-what-is-it-and-why-do-people-care/?tid=pm_local_pop&utm_term=.c43952e3c9f8
Actually that's total bullshit on right to worship. Trump wants to create another PAC where the donations are tax deductible.
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as an act of Congress...
How can he "destroy" it with executive orders??
If it is going to be destroyed (which it most likely will 
) doesn't it have to be destroyed by Congress?
I am so tired of this acceptance of everything done via EO like in a recognized dictatorship...
to preach jihad in every mosque in America.