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How the tax package could blur the separation of church and politics

  • Written by Susan Anderson, Professor of Accounting, Elon University
imageIf a House provision gets enacted, churches will be able to endorse -- not just pray for -- political candidates. Andrew Cline/Shutterstock.com

The tax package pending in Congress includes a provision that would leave churches and other nonprofits, which by law must be nonpartisan, suddenly free to engage in political speech.

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