Saturday, March 16, 2013

The New Director of Obama’s Faith-Based Office is a Supporter of Church-State Separation

In case you need more of a reason to be optimistic about her appointment, some Christian groups are worried she'll take away their right to discriminate: "... many faith-based organizations will be very uneasy about Rogers' view that their right to hire on a religious basis should be limited in any program they operate using government funds. Such a universal limit would be unprecedented and would cause many of the government's current and most-valued service partners to have to walk away."

MORE: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/03/14/the-new-director-of-obamas-faith-based-office-is-a-supporter-of-church-state-separation/

See also...

Church-State Separation Advocates Praise New Obama Pick for Faith-Based Office Director
http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/6916/church_state_separation_advocates_praise_new_obama_pick_for_faith_based_office_director/