8/ In closing, while Mike Pence is out pandering to his base, we’ll be here, holding him accountable for the lies he tells about #religiousfreedom #FactCheckPence
— Americans United (@americansunited) December 7, 201916 hours 6 minutes ago
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— Rachel Laser (@rachelklaser) December 7, 201918 hours 17 minutes ago7/ Pence’s claim that houses of worship have somehow lost their freedom of speech is offensive and is designed to scare clergy. The Johnson Amendment protects houses of worship from getting caught up in partisan politics.
— Americans United (@americansunited) December 7, 201918 hours 58 minutes ago6/ For starters, the Johnson Amendment is a federal law so it can’t be overturned by an executive order. In fact, the courts forced the Trump admin to admit that the law is still in effect. Trump's order was empty rhetoric. Shocking, we know 🙄
— Americans United (@americansunited) December 6, 20191 day 14 hours ago5/ Second, Pence claimed that he & President Trump ended enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, so that clergy and houses of worship still had their freedom of speech… in this case, political speech. That’s wrong, too.
— Americans United (@americansunited) December 6, 20191 day 14 hours ago4/ 2. The cross is on government property and taxpayers were forced to foot the bill for repairs of a religious symbol. Doesn’t sound like church-state separation to us.
— Americans United (@americansunited) December 6, 20191 day 15 hours ago
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