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eNews for Faith-Based Organizations
March 1, 2010--special issue
Editor: Stanley Carlson-Thies
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IRFA Letter to President Obama: Maintain Principles of Faith-Based Initiative
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Today, the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance sent a letter to President Obama and to his Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Joshua DuBois. The letter, signed by diverse group of faith-based leaders, urges the President to maintain the "level playing field" rules that have been developed over three administrations. The letter responds to one sent to President Obama by the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination (CARD) which asked him to place various restrictions on faith-based providers, including removing their freedom (which they currently have in most federal programs) to consider religion when selecting staff.
The letter is posted on the IRFA website: www.irfalliance.org.
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e-mail: info@IRFAlliance.org
website: www.IRFAlliance.org
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What is IRFA?
The Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance works to safeguard the religious identity, faith-based standards and practices, and faith-shaped services of faith-based organizations across the range of service sectors and religions, enabling them to make their distinctive and best contributions to the common good.
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