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Religious leaders can endorse candidates now. Haven't they always?

JL;DR SUMMARY In a significant shift, the IRS declared that endorsements from religious pulpits should be viewed as private family discussions, effectively rendering the longstanding Johnson Amendment unenforceable. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Tax Exempt StatusPolitical InfluenceReligious LeadersPolitical HistoryIrsHaredi VotersChurch And StateJohnson AmendmentReligious EndorsementsJerry Falwell Sr.

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New York, United States
"It's a well-known fact of New York politics that anyone who wants to win the mayoral or gubernatorial races needs to court Haredi voters."
New York, United States
"Branch Ministries, a New York-based church, ran two full-page ads in major national newspapers."

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