Obama is expanding Bush’s “Faith Based Initiative” program which seems to irk some on the left.
President Obama's newly revamped Office of Faith Based Initiatives is reigniting a contentious debate across the ideological spectrum over whether religious organizations that accept funds from the government should be allowed to discriminate when hiring.
Private organizations should have the right to hire or not hire anyone they want for any reason, whether religion is involved or not. However, if you’re going to take government money, you’re going to have to play by their rules.
Do I think that church organizations who are fundamentally opposed to homosexuality should be forced to hire them? No, but I also don’t think they should be given money by the government.
When the government spends money on charities they are basically telling taxpayers, “You are going to donate your money to this charity, whether you like it or not.”
I hate the fact that my tax money goes to organizations like Planned Parenthood that encourage abortions. I can also see how people who think that homosexuality should be a societal norm would be upset that their tax money goes to fund organizations that in their eyes discriminate against gays. Both of us could have our way if the government would step out of the charity business altogether. Give us that little bit of tax money back and let us decide how to donate it (or not donate it) ourselves.
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