House votes to allow religions to discriminate in faith-based initiatives

E-mail from gampac (Godless Americans PAC:

H.R. 27 passed the House of Representatives on March 2, 2005, by a
vote of 224 to 220. The Scott amendment was defeated by a similar
vote count. The legislation will now go to the U.S. Senate and we
will ask you to write your Senators to defeat this legislation when
it reaches the Senate and we have a Senate number for the bill.

The Job Improvement Act allow religions involved in federal job
training programs to discriminate based on the religious affiliation
of an employee for these federal tax based services.

The Administration has already made it very clear that they are
willing to allow religions to discriminate against job applicants
for jobs based on religion, marital status, sexual orientation,
gender, HIV status, or any basis that a particular religion may find
objectionable. This position totally guts the civil rights of all
American citizens.

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I work in Substance Abuse Prevention, an area that is currently losing funding while SAP dollars are being offered to 'Faith Based Organizations' who do not even have to demonstrate the requisite training and certification requirements to facilitate prevention services.

If that weren't bad enough, it appears that they will be allowed to discriminate against all who do not fit neatly into their narrow criteria of 'morals and values.'

Theocrats are at the gates... for real!

I'm a psychologist and I see everyday entire chunks of the mental-health services drifting toward faith crap: acting-out adolescents, probation & parole, DOC, group-therapy and, of course, the elderly.

Any time I come here, inevitably, I read a post that brings me down.

You people are bringing me down, man!

...does that mean atheist charities and health-care organizations are now eligible for these "faith-based" grants?