Trump Will Sign Order Inviting More Politics at Church
Similar language is used aimed at police departments to tell them to lay off simple possession of marijuana. IOW ignore these violations. I strongly object ton anything that thins the separation of church and state.
President Trump plans to sign an executive order aimed at protecting politically active churches from losing their tax-free status.
The order, timed for Thursday’s National Day of Prayer, does not include the broad religious liberty provisions leaked in February that could have allowed businesses to discriminate based on sexual orientation and other moral objections.
The new order contains a more vague blanket statement that declares the administration is committed “to protect and vigorously promote religious liberty.”
The order is also designed to allow religious groups to avoid a mandate to provide contraception coverage under President Obama’s healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, potentially expanding an exemption that had been carved out in the courts. A senior administration official who briefed reporters Wednesday night would not describe how that provision would work, saying only that unspecified “regulatory relief” would come later.