Read a Feb. 14, 2008, Los Angeles Times story about the IRS examining a California clergyman’s use of church letterhead to endorse Huckabee. According to the article, when it became public that Americans United for Separation of Church and State was asking the IRS to investigate, the pastor, Wiley S. Drake, encouraged supporters to pray […]

Read a Nov. 2, 2012 PBS article about one church leaders’ fight against the IRS’ prohibition of religious endorsement of political candidates.

Read a Nov. 10, 2008 article about the ongoing debate on whether or not religious leaders should endorse candidates in elections. The site includes links to both the pro and con side of the debate.

Read an Oct. 7, 2012, article about religious leaders’ political endorsements of candidates on the basis of religious freedom and freedom of speech. 

Read poll data on religion and politics from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

PollingReport.com offers a collection of polls on Americans’ opinions on politics and religion.

Read a Sept 24, 2008 LifeWay research report on how the U.S. public feels about political endorsements by religious leaders. When U.S. citizens were posed the statement “I believe it is appropriate for churches to publicly endorse candidates for public office,” 59 percent of participants strongly disagreed.

Raymond Flynn is chairman of the Catholic Alliance, a former mayor of Boston and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. His group supported the “Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act of 2005.”

Kevin Hasson is chairman and president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Contact through Tom Carter.