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"path": "/2026/03/31/ban-on-pastors-endorsing-candidate-remains-in-place-after-judge-rejects-johnson-amendment-settlement/",
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"Home Top Three",
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"Protestant",
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"Americans United for Separation of Church",
"Donald Trump",
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"textContent": "(RNS) — The ruling caps a decades-long battle to overturn a ban on houses of worship endorsing candidates.",
"title": "Judge rejects Johnson Amendment settlement, keeping ban on pastors endorsing candidates"
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