Republican candidate Donald Trump pledged at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C., to repeal the Johnson Amendment.
"We're gonna get rid of it," Trump said.
"I figure it's the only way I'll get into heaven," he quipped.
The Johnson Amendment is a circa 1954 amendment to the U.S. tax code that blocked tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Evangelicals and other people of faith object to the law because it prevents churches--along with other tax-exempt institutions--from political organizing.