The following is an editorial response to the idea of eliminating the ~Johnson Amendment~.
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 Christians are Americans too.  
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Johnson gagged ministers because they did not support him.  They saw him for what he was - a self-serving Socialist .  It turns out he was worse than they imagined.  It was Johnson who arrogantly and deceptively established the ~great society~.  One which through entitlements has brought us to this sorry pass in our history - 20 trillion in debt.  Why did he do this?  To buy the votes of the `disenfranched` through taxpayer money delivered as welfare.  (Welfare sounds too harsh, let`s call it entitlements)
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Enough about Johnson.
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To deny ministers their rights as American citizens is Fascist .  The reality is that a person`s Political values are a manifestation of their Spiritual values. There is no solid line between Faith and Politics .  It is a continuum.
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On what basis is it right to steal from one person to give it to another?  Certainly not a Biblical basis.  It must be a SecularHumanist basis which, by the way, is a Religion .  It is the Religion with man as the supreme Authority .  It is satanic in origin.
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So, what we have here is a battle between Christianity and SecularHumanism - a Spiritual conflict with Political and Social overtones.
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If you are on the secular humanist side it is very helpful to gag the opposition in a war of words and ideas.
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Every person in a church including the minister is subject to tax laws.  So, each individual in the church has a right as an American to speak on Political matters wherever and whenever they like.
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For those of you who only know a distorted history of the U.S. take a look at this link:
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https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel03.html

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