Friday, May 27, 2005

Constitutionality of "Charitable Choice"-- Part 3

Today Findlaw carries the third in a series of articles by Vikram Amar and Alan Brownstein on the constitutionality of the "Charitable Choice" bill (H.R. 27) that was recently passed by the House of Representatives. (see prior postings on Part 1 and 2 ). They argue that discrimination on the basis of religion in staffing government funded programs is fundamentally different than discrimination by secular organizations that hire only individuals who share their ideological beliefs.