{"id":55458,"date":"2025-09-07T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=55458"},"modified":"2025-09-07T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T00:00:35","slug":"irs-ends-70-year-gag-rule-says-churches-can-now-endorse-political-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/irs-ends-70-year-gag-rule-says-churches-can-now-endorse-political-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"L'IRS met fin \u00e0 une r\u00e8gle de silence de 70 ans, affirmant que les \u00e9glises peuvent d\u00e9sormais soutenir des candidats politiques"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in downtown Washington, D.C. \/ Credit: Rob Crandall\/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jul 8, 2025 \/ 13:54 pm (CNA). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this week backed off a decades-old rule first established during the Eisenhower administration, declaring for the first time since the 1950s that churches and other nonprofits can openly endorse political candidates without risking their tax-exempt status. The order resolves a lawsuit launched in August 2024 by a coalition of religious\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The order resolves a lawsuit launched in August 2024 by a coalition of religious\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":62991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-55458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55821,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/u-s-catholic-bishops-church-will-not-endorse-political-candidates-despite-irs-shift\/","url_meta":{"origin":55458,"position":0},"title":"U.S. Catholic bishops: Church will not endorse political candidates despite IRS shift","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"novembre 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C. \/ Credit: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 9, 2025 \/ 18:25 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has confirmed that the Catholic Church will not endorse political candidates for public office in any elections, despite a tax code change that has opened the door for houses of worship to make such endorsements. 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