Current Issues Associated with the Faith Based Initiative March 22, 2004 - House Ways & Means Committee Hearing June 14, 2001 - U.S. Senate Judiciary Cmte. Hearing – June 6, 2001 - A Slander Against Our Sacred Institutions By Nathan … Continued
Introduction Thank you, Senator Leahy and Senator Hatch, for the opportunity to address this Committee today. My name is Nathan Diament and I am privileged to serve as the director of public policy for the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations … Continued
TESTIMONYof NATHAN J. DIAMENT, Esq. Director of Public Policy - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America March 23, 2004 United States House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform - Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources With … Continued
TESTIMONY of NATHAN J. DIAMENT, Esq. Director of Public Policy - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America June 7, 2001 United States House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means - Subcommittees on Human Resources and Select Revenue Measures … Continued
TESTIMONY by NATHAN J. DIAMENT, Esq. Director of Public Policy - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America June 6, 2001 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary With regard to “Faith-Based Solutions; What are the Legal Issues?” Introduction Thank … Continued
When President Bush announced his initiative to expand the partnership between the government and America’s faith-based social service institutions, everyone expected the ensuing debate to center upon the Constitution’s Establishment Clause and the ever-evolving relationship between religion and state in … Continued
The Anti-Defamation League foresees government funded Nation of Islam hate speech; the ACLU predicts divisive competition for government grants among America’s diverse denominations; the Southern Baptist Convention warns of the wholesale government regulation of churches; and Pat Robertson sees government … Continued
Why the Catholic Church Shouldn’t Have to Hire Gays. Religious Rights by Jeffrey Rosen The New Republic, February, 26 2001 At the end of January, President Bush signed an executive order removing impediments to charitable choice, which allows religious as … Continued
The Constitutionality of “Charitable Choice” Charitable choice requires that social service providers be permitted to participate in government grant programs without regard to their religious character. When discussing the restraints of the Establishment Clause on generally available programs of aid, … Continued
