Does opposing “charitable choice” result in discriminating against religious organizations that just want to compete fairly for government contracts?
A. No. Religion plays an important and unique role in our society. Indeed, the framers of the Constitution thought that religion was so important that, by writing the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution, they tried to prevent government from entangling itself with religion. The special safeguards ADL wishes to see included in the law reflect this tradition. Moreover, under the old safeguards, many religiously-affiliated social services organizations, such as the Jewish Federations, competed extremely successfully with non-religiously-affiliated organizations for government contracts.
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- Does opposing "charitable choice," mean opposing the receipt of government funding by religiously-affiliated social-service organizations, such as the Jewish Federations?
- Does opposing "charitable choice" result in discriminating against religious organizations that just want to compete fairly for government contracts?
- Should government funding be available to religious organizations for the purpose of performing a social good?
