Jill Stanek: Revolt of the pastors
Jill Stanek has this commentary in WorldNetDaily reporting on ADF’s pulpit project. She writes:
. . . Challenged will be a 1954 change in the code called the Johnson Amendment, after then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson.
Johnson proposed the amendment to silence opponents to his second Senate race. Two nonprofit foundations were pouring money into a publicity campaign calling Johnson soft on communism.
There is no legislative history for the Johnson Amendment. According to the scant Senate record, then-Democrat Minority Leader Johnson stood up on the floor and proposed it as an attachment to an existing bill. After Johnson said the bill sponsor was in agreement, the presiding officer simply called for a voice vote. There was no debate . . .