State and Local Implementation of Existing Charitable Choice Programs: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, April 24, 2001 |
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... concerns in their implementation . Every Member of this Sub- committee , except for one newly - elected Member , has previously voted for Federal legislation containing charitable choice principles . Of all my Democratic colleagues on ...
... concerns in their implementation . Every Member of this Sub- committee , except for one newly - elected Member , has previously voted for Federal legislation containing charitable choice principles . Of all my Democratic colleagues on ...
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... concerns about the constitutionality of charitable choice . The Chairman stated that throughout our history , churches and other religious institutions have provided social services and have done a good job , and that is certainly the ...
... concerns about the constitutionality of charitable choice . The Chairman stated that throughout our history , churches and other religious institutions have provided social services and have done a good job , and that is certainly the ...
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... concern the total amount of con- tracting with FBOs ; i.e. , they count not only those contracts written with ... concerns the nature of services being provided to the poor through these government - faith collaborations . By far ...
... concern the total amount of con- tracting with FBOs ; i.e. , they count not only those contracts written with ... concerns the nature of services being provided to the poor through these government - faith collaborations . By far ...
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... concerns when government be- comes entangled in religious affairs and concerns . This is what a Virginia pastor friend of mine meant , I think , when he asked gov- ernment not to give us any pats on the back , for all too often a ...
... concerns when government be- comes entangled in religious affairs and concerns . This is what a Virginia pastor friend of mine meant , I think , when he asked gov- ernment not to give us any pats on the back , for all too often a ...
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... concern is easing regulatory burdens , then the government , specifically the Internal Revenue Service , could pro- vide technical assistance to religious and other community providers wanting to uti- lize this option . Third ...
... concern is easing regulatory burdens , then the government , specifically the Internal Revenue Service , could pro- vide technical assistance to religious and other community providers wanting to uti- lize this option . Third ...
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agency amendment assistance Baptist based on religion beneficiaries Blaine amendment BRARY Center for Public CHABOT Chairman charitable choice programs charitable choice provisions civil rights laws clients CLINGMAN Committee compliance CONG CONGRESS THE LIBRARY constitutional contracts CONYERS County Court discrimination based employees employment establishment clause existing charitable choice Exodus Program expand faith community faith-based organizations FBOs federally-funded gious going government and religion gram grants GRES GRESS hire HOSTETTLER houses of worship Hudson Institute Human Services implementation Jewish Jireh legislation LIBRA LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ment ministries NADLER persons pervasively religious organizations proselytizing Public Justice RARY reli religious activities religious character religious discrimination religious groups religious institutions religious ministries RESS THE LIBRARY Reverend JONES Reverend WALKER S.Ct SCOTT secular separation of church serve SHERMAN STEVE CHABOT Subcommittee table choice TANF tion Title VII WATT welfare reform X X X
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Page 29 - That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical...
Page 76 - First, the statute must have a secular legislative purpose: second, its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion: , , , finally, the statute must not foster "an excessive government entanglement with religion...
Page 78 - Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence the act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church...
Page 78 - American people which declared that their legislature should " make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church and State.
Page 77 - In order to determine whether the government entanglement with religion is excessive, we must examine the character and purposes of the institutions that are benefited, the nature of the aid that the State provides, and the resulting relationship between the government and the religious authority.
Page 73 - Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to authorize action under this title by any department or agency with respect to any employment practice of any employer, employment agency, or labor organization except where a primary objective of the Federal financial assistance is to provide employment.
Page 77 - In the absence of precisely stated constitutional prohibitions, we must draw lines with reference to the three main evils against which the Establishment Clause was intended to afford protection: "sponsorship, financial support, and active involvement of the sovereign in religious activity.
Page 52 - If there is no further business to come before the Committee, we are adjourned.
Page 29 - The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.
Page 28 - Neither I nor the BJC has received a federal grant or contract in the current or preceding two fiscal years. 2 Alliance of Baptists, American Baptist Churches in the USA, Baptist General Association of Virginia, Baptist General Conference, Baptist General Convention of Texas, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, National Baptist Convention of America, National Baptist Convention USA Inc., National Missionary Baptist Convention, North American Baptist Conference,...