Good News for Pastors: Court Overturns Atheist Victory on Housing Allowance
But question remains: Will IRS agree with DOJ that atheists are ‘ministers of the gospel’?
Churches can stop worring that their pastors’ best benefit will be taken away by an atheist lawsuit—for now.
Today, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s high-profile decision that the longstanding clergy housing allowance was unconstitutional. The 60-year-old tax break excludes…