Pastors had these rights until 1954 when Lyndon Johnson added an amendment to ban non-profit groups from getting involved in political activity. – A Republican congressman is plotting his next move after his bill to defend the rights of church pastors went down to defeat. Members of the U.S. House voted Wednesday to kill the Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act. However, there are already plans to resurrect the bill. "To permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns," said the House clerk as the bill was announced on the floor after a year long...