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As it stands, churches (and other non-profits) do not have to pay taxes. But that also means they can’t endorse candidates from the pulpit. Trump has pledged to repeal the law that says that — the Johnson Amendment — and that idea made its way into the GOP’s 2016 platform.
If he successfully repeals it, evangelical churches around the country will essentially become arms of the Republican Party. Church and state will be intertwined in a way we’ve never seen before.
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One of the most dearly held principles of religious liberty is that government should not compel any citizen to furnish funds in support of a religion with which he or she disagrees, or even a religion with which he or she does agree. Voucher programs, however, violate that central tenet: they use taxpayer money to fund primarily religious education. Indeed, approximately 80% of the students participating in the D.C. voucher program attend religious schools. Parents certainly may choose such an education for their children, but no taxpayer should be required to pay for another‘s religious education.
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