From the National Council of Nonprofits:
Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the National Religious Broadcasters, along with two churches in Texas, urged a federal court judge to approve a legal settlement between the parties in a landmark case on nonprofit nonpartisanship. The Johnson Amendment, a federal law approved by Congress with strong bipartisan support more than 70 years ago, prohibits charitable nonprofits, including houses of worship, from endorsing or opposing candidates for public office. The Johnson Amendment undergirds a bedrock principle that nonprofits must remain nonpartisan in law, fact, and purpose. The settlement agreement proposed by the IRS and NRB would declare the Johnson Amendment unconstitutional. The agreement would also bar enforcement of the Johnson Amendment against the two churches involved in the case.
Nonprofit organizations – including faith-based organizations – can help protect nonprofit nonpartisanship by signing onto a national letter, led by the National Council of Nonprofits, Independent Sector, Interfaith Alliance, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Public Citizen, American Humanist Association, and Freedom From Religion Foundation. NCN encourages nonprofit organizations and their champions to sign the letter and share widely by the deadline on Monday, July 21 at 9pm Eastern.