“I do recall he (Trump) said it was an outrage that Christians have been deprived of their rights to speak openly on behalf of the values and principles in which they believe,” Dobson wrote. “He was especially exercised by an amendment added to tax code legislation in 1954 by then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson. Full Article at Wnd.com
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Family Talk radio
“Jerry Falwell, Jr., said Johnson had rammed this amendment through Congress without public scrutiny. It seriously limited freedom of religion, especially religious speech, by leaders of churches and non-profit organizations. The Johnson amendment contained language that prohibited the faith community from expressing their opinions about political parties and those seeking power,” Dobson recalled.
“That law plagues us to this day. Trump rightly condemned the legislation, which muzzled those of us who would otherwise use our influence to support our beliefs. He called that provision ‘unfair,’ and promised to overturn it if he is elected.”
Dobson wrote, “That would have a great impact on Washington because it would unleash Christian activists to fight for their beliefs.”
The Obama administration has a history of referring to “freedom of worship” instead of “freedom of religion,” as the Bill of Rights state.
Catholic Online noted that in President Obama’s June 2009 speech in Cairo, Egypt, he spoke of a Muslim America and the nation’s “freedom of religion,” but by the November 2009 memorial for the Fort Hood soldiers gunned down by a homicidal Muslim, he was terming it “freedom of worship.” From that point, “freedom of worship” has become the term of choice, the report said.