川普放寬執行對宗教團體從事政治活動的禁令

President Donald Trump has loosened the government's enforcement of a rule that bars tax-exempt churches from participating in political activity.

Trump signed an executive order Thursday that gives "maximum enforcement discretion" to the country's tax agency, the Internal Revenue Service, in tracking the ban on political activity by religious groups, an edict that already is rarely enforced.

Trump's order also gives "regulatory relief" to conservative religious groups that object to provisions of the national health care reforms advocated by former President Barack Obama that required them to pay for health insurance plans that cover birth control and other measures that they feel go against their religious beliefs.

Trump signed the order on religious liberties as he greeted Christian conservatives at the White House on what was designated as the National Day of Prayer.美國總統川普放寬了政府對禁止免稅宗教團體參與政治活動的規定的執法力度。

星期四，川普簽署了一道行政命令，給予美國國稅局在審查有關禁令的執行情況時以“最高的執法斟酌權”，這個禁令本來就很少執行。

川普的行政命令還允許反對前總統奧巴馬健保改革相關條款的保守宗教團體免受健保法令的約束。相關條款要求這些宗教團體爲計劃生育等他們認爲違反其宗教信仰的健康保險買單。

在被確定爲全國祈禱日的這一天，川普在白宮接見了基督教保守派人士，並簽署了這道涉及宗教自由的行政命令。