Thousands of faith leaders ask US Congress to protect Johnson Amendment

RNS Advocates and clergy deliver letters from faith leaders to Congress to keep the Johnson Amendment intact, in Washington, D.C. PICTURE: Americans United More than 4,000 religious leaders have signed a letter urging the US Congress to maintain the Johnson Amendment, a law barring pulpit politicking that President Donald Trump has vowed to gut. “As […]
Religious liberty and homosexuality key issues being talked about in us places of worship, says survey
Religious liberty and homosexuality among key issues Americans are hearing about from clergy, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. Four in ten recent church-goers in the US said they’d heard from clergy about each of the two subjects during the northern hemisphere spring and early summer while almost 30 per cent […]