{"id":306,"date":"2010-11-18T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/obama-reforms-white-house-faith-office.html"},"modified":"2010-11-18T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T11:16:00","slug":"obama-reforms-white-house-faith-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/11\/obama-reforms-white-house-faith-office.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Reforms White House Faith-Based Office: Too Much, or Not Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama has signed an executive order to streamline the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a group created under former President George W. Bush. The reform reflects recommendations made earlier this year by&nbsp;council members and critics, including clarifying some church-state separation concerns, but stops short of preventing grant recipients from hiring and firing staff based on religion.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/11\/17\/obama-signs-order-clarifying-church-state-relationship\/\">CNN&#8217;s Belief Blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The order says that religious organizations receiving federal funds must conduct explicitly religious activities in a time and place that are different from when and where they do government-financed work. <\/p>\n<p>But the order also states that faith-based organizations receiving federal dollars may use their facilities to provide government-backed social services, even if those facilities include religious art, icons, scriptures and other religious symbols. <\/p>\n<p>A religious group receiving federal money may also keep religious language in its name, select board members on a religious basis, and include religious references in its mission statements and other documents, the executive order says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more on this story, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/Religion-News\/RNS-Obama-signs-order-to-reform-faith-based-office.aspx\">Religion News Service<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/religionclause.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/executive-order-adopts-new-criteria-for.html\">Religion Clause<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In semi-related news, the Associated Baptist Press also ran this&nbsp;story about<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abpnews.com\/content\/view\/5885\/53\/\"> potential religious landmines for Obama and other politicians in 2012.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama has signed an executive order to streamline the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a group created under former President George W. 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