On July 24, 2008, the House of Representatives voted to accept a Senate bill reauthorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The President is expected to sign it as soon as possible, to much fanfare, because of the popular program’s effectiveness in its first five years. Even though …
In his speech today on faith-based programs, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) proposed that religious groups cannot compete for government contracts unless they give up their freedom to consider religion in their hiring decisions, a radical proposal that effectively repeals Charitable Choice: In order to receive federal funds to provide social …
