February 15, 2008

CLS Urges Senate to Retain SAMHSA Charitable Choice Provision and to Act on Judicial Nominations

The "charitable choice" provision of legislation signed in 2000 allows faith-based social service providers to participate in government-funded programs without relinquishing their religious identity. The ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Human Rights Campaign and others want to eliminate this protection of religious liberty. The key issue is whether faith-based organizations participating in government-funded programs may continue to take religion into account in their personnel decisions.

The second letter encourages Senators Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Patrick Leahy, and Arlen Specter to take action on President Bush's judicial nominees. The letter points out that 28 nominees are pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

For more information, including the full text of the letters, please visit the CLS Center Blog at religiousfreedom.blogspot.com

Center Director Gregory S. Baylor Address Heritage Foundation on Religious Liberty

Center Director Greg Baylor participated in a panel discussion on hiring rights and religious freedom on February 2, 2008, during the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities 32nd Annual Presidents Conference in Washington, D.C.

The Center for Law & Religious Freedom is the advocacy ministry of the Christian Legal Society, which is the professional association founded in 1961 of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors, law students, and friends throughout the United States.

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