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The '''Johnson Amendment''' is a 1954 [[law]] that provides that no [[church]], or other institution of worship, or other non-profit organization, shall engage in political activity or endorse political candidates. Churches that do this risk de-certification as public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
[[Image:LBJ by Shoumatoff.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The Johnson Amendment is named after its author, [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]].]]
The '''Johnson Amendment''' is an amendment to a 1954 [[law]] that provides that no [[church]], or other institution of worship, or other non-profit organization, shall engage in political activity or endorse political candidates. Churches that do this risk de-certification as public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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