Congressman Kind supports Johnson amendment restricting political speech of religious entities

Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind argues on the third day of a House Ways and Means Committee markup on tax reform that what frightens them most about repealing the Johnson non-tax-exempt status of political contributions by religious institutions was the potential of caring the very fabric of communities, that going to church with a sanctuary for the sole, four people to commune and congregate together regardless of political affiliation, that the repeal would politicize the pulpit by creating a Civil War in the pews, segregated way too much already by politicizing the pulpit to make the Sunni and Shia conflict in the Middle East look like a picnic. Kind calls the repeal a backdoor attempt to enable political contributions tax-free, entering into the record letters by 4200 religious leaders, 5500 nonprofit groups from 103 denominations asking Congress not to repeal the Johnson amendment, he looking forward to the respite in church from the craziness of politics jeopardized by the repeal.