During the election, Donald Trump made a promise that few people anticipated: He would do away with the Johnson Amendment, which in 1954 effectively barred pastors from endorsing or opposing candidates from the pulpit.
In recent years, religious liberty issues have gotten caught up in debates over contraception and LGBT rights. But Trump's promise was a throwback to the 1950s, an era when many pastors felt they were freer to say what they believed. He repeated the promise to religious leaders during his campaign, and on Thursday — the National Day of Prayer — they saw him begin to deliver.
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