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Faith-based office discusses religious hiring discrimination |
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Friday, 01 May 2009 |
 Baptist Joint Committee staff members have been part of several conversations with leaders in President Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Of particular concern to the BJC is avoiding government funding of religion and avoiding discrimination in government-funded positions. According to The Washington Post, the task force charged with reforming the faith-based office will have a limited role in addressing the controversial employment issue.
At an April gathering of religious groups on Capitol Hill, BJC Executive Director Brent Walker asked Joshua DuBois, the head of the faith-based office, what the administration was doing about religious hiring discrimination. DuBois told Walker that the President wanted to think through all the issues involved in that area, and the faith-based office is working with the Attorney General and the White House Counsel to make recommendations. DuBois said they want to understand all legal and policy ramifications when it comes to the practice.
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