{"id":399,"date":"2009-01-29T23:12:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/the-new-faith-based-initiative.html"},"modified":"2009-01-29T23:12:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T23:12:09","slug":"the-new-faith-based-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/the-new-faith-based-initiative.html","title":{"rendered":"The New Faith Based Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua Dubois appears to have been named the director of  the Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. According to the New York Times<\/a>, the President and Dubois are looking for new ways to make this organization work for the common good.  It may be especially important during this difficult economic times.  <\/p>\n

There are still some thorny issues, as the Times explains:<\/p>\n

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The most contentious issue that Mr. DuBois will have to help resolve is whether Mr. Obama should rescind a Bush administration legal memorandum that allows religious groups that receive government money to hire only those who share their faith.<\/p>\n

Mr. Obama said in a campaign speech last June, “If you get a federal grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can’t discriminate against them — or against the people you hire — on the basis of their religion.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To quote myself from an earlier post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Perhaps most sticky of all is the question of non-discriminatory hiring.  <\/span>If a group maintains their right not to hire say, a Muslim or a homosexual, then the President will have to draw on his time as a constitutional law professor to either draw the line, or at least make sure that there is equitable outreach to the Muslim and gay religious communities to make sure that they realize that the Council is a resource for all Americans.  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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