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Mark Souder: “my understanding of this, and there are only a couple of exceptions which we could get into if we wanted to, but in this…”

On the recordApril 6, 2000
my understanding of this, and there are only a couple of exceptions which we could get into if we wanted to, but in this grant, there would not be an exception, and that is that one cannot discriminate on who one covers, nor can one force them to participate in a religious activity. This would allow a Catholic priest to have his collar on if it is at a Catholic facility. It would not require them to remove icons, and it would not require them to hire people who do not share their faith. But if one is in the neighborhood and one is not a Catholic, they cannot require one to go to a biblical study, to show up at church, because there cannot be discrimination against applicants.
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Mark Souder
Indiana
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Discussing non-discrimination provisions in the Even Start program during a committee debate.

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