The centerpiece of President Trump's religious freedom agenda, and the carrot he often dangled in front of Christian leaders as he sought their support during the campaign, was a pledge to overturn a 1954 law that says houses of worship can lose their tax-exempt status if they engage in partisan campaigning.
“Should pastors endorse politicians from the pulpit?” Graphic courtesy of the National Association of Evangelicals
But a new survey of evangelical leaders — mainly pastors whose flocks were crucial to Trump's victory in November — shows that close to 90 percent of those asked opposed the idea of clergy endorsing politicians from the pulpit.
