ADF Pulpit Initiative

Minnesota: Magistrate Says IRS Subpoena for Megachurch Records Was Improperly Issued

Church support for marriage: nothing but politics?

Church tax exemptions: privilege or right?

Who is in Charge of our Pulpits?

Bishop: Freedom of Choice Act Unjustifiable

Preaching politics from pulpit endangers religion

Bishop: Election letter was matter of principle

Campaign comes to churches on final Sunday

Catholic Bishop Finn speaks strongly against pro-abortion politicians and voters on the Mike Gallagher Show

Clergy wrestle with free speech issue in light of nonprofit rules

2.9M Hispanic Voters get Anti-Obama Email from Hispanic Bishop

Rhode Island Catholic Bishop: “Okay, Here’s How You Should Vote”

Piety and Politics: Despite separation of church and state, religious and public policy values often overlap

Over 100 Bishops Have Spoken Out on Priority of Life Issues

Pastor’s nine-week sermon series compares Obama and McCain positions

Arkansas Pastor becomes IRS target

Catholic League to IRS: Americans United Floats Sterotypes

Constitution aside, why should churches avoid partisanship?

The American Prospect Intern: The Group Behind Prop 8

Group asks IRS to investigate NJ Catholic Bishop and NM church for blasting candidates supporting abortion

Are clergy ignoring election time threats from Americans United for Separation of Church and State?

It’s About Conviction, Not Convenience: The Pulpit and Christian Voting

Christian way is not a defiant way

Churches can tout issues, not hopefuls

“Americans United Asks IRS To Investigate Arkansas Church For Political Endorsement”

Pastor Ron Johnson, Jr.: Who Is in Charge of Our Pulpits

Ark. pastor challenges IRS with pro-McCain sermon

Family Policy Council of West Virginia: Poll shows huge support for WV marriage amendment

Texas Side Step: Bishops’ Letter Attacking Pro-Choice Candidates Attempts To Sashay Past Federal Tax Law

NJ Bishop: “A Politician’s Promise: No Right to Life! No Freedom!”

Pulpit politics: The real question is whether tax exemption is a privilege or a constitutional right.

Maryland: Laurel pastors take up cry against slots at 23 churches

Charles Haynes: “Inside the First Amendment: How would Jesus vote?”

NPR: Political Endorsement From The Pulpit

What’s That Pastor Talking About?

When do winks and nods become illegal?

Michael C. Dorf: “Why the Constitution Neither Protects Nor Forbids Tax Subsidies for Politicking from the Pulpit, And Why Both Liberals and Conservatives May be on the Wrong Side of this Issue”

Missoulian favors challenge to IRS: Politicking from the pulpit not so clear

ADF’s Pulpit Initiative: A response to the false tax subsidy argument

Pro-Obama, Muslim-led voter registration in mosques

Preachers should have their say

Stanley Fish on the ADF Pulpit Initiative

The Pulpit, Politics, RFRA, and Institutional Free Exercise

How Successful was Pulpit Freedom Sunday?

Americans United Asks IRS To Investigate Oklahoma Church That Endorsed McCain

Ron Johnson Jr. Video on PBS: Speaking Freely from the Pulpit

Franciscan University Students Attend a Catholics for Obama Event

A Movement to Break the Silence of Churches in Political Campaigns

NY Catholic Bishops: Statement on Voting Duties

Missouri: Church and politics get a little testy

WSJ: Provoking the IRS, Preachers Address The Bully Pulpit

Alan Sears: When Government Gets A Hold of Our Churches

Dale Schowengerdt on Reach FM with Janet Folger: Did pastors participating in the Pulpit Initiative break the law?

Gary McCaleb on KTSA Radio, San Antonio: Politicians shouldn’t get a pass from moral scrutiny

An Ala. pastor’s letter on tax exemption for churches: Privilege, Inalienable Right, or Constitutional Right

Archbishop criticizes Oregon governor on abortion

Tara Ross: An “illegal sermon” should be an oxymoron in a country that practices freedom of religion

Dale Schowengerdt on the Drew Mariani Show discusses ADF’s Pulpit Initiative: Churches have led every major social movement in this country

Secular Law and Inscrutable Faith

Gary McCaleb on the Frank Pastore Show: IRS vagueness silences churches

Erik Stanley on Moody’s Chris Fabry Show: ADF Pulpit Initiative, the beginning of a movement

Parsing the Pulpit Freedom stories: Testing the Meaning of “Intervene”

Archbishop: Democratic party “risks transforming itself definitively into a ‘party of death.’”

Indiana: Local pastor defies IRS code, preaches politics from pulpit

Lynn v. Sekulow: IRS regulation of church speech

Fr. Pavone: Pulpit Under God’s Authority, Not Government’s

Americans United for Separation of Church and State files IRS complaints against Pastors

ADF releases names of pastors who participated in Pulpit Freedom Sunday

IRS to Churches: Want tax exemption? Give up your fundamental rights!

Reports on Pulpit Freedom Sunday

Tax exemption churches’ right

Does the IRS go too far with churches? (Part 5)

Pastor Gus Booth on The Takeaway: “The Gospel needs to be preached in all areas of life and politics is one of those areas”

“Ministers to Defy I.R.S. by Endorsing Candidates”

Part 4 - Tax laws and religious speech: what the Constitution says