On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
I strongly disagree with the notion that the 1964 Civil Rights Act clearly made it legal for faith-based groups in America to accept millions, and now in this case billions of Federal dollars, and say, We are not hiring you because you are Jewish or because you are Catholic, or because you are Baptist, or because you are Muslim. And I do not think we have to totally revisit the 1964 Civil Rights Act; I think we could just come here on the floor of the House and have an up-front debate. It is very simple. It is, Do you believe that it is okay for groups to discriminate in job hiring using tax dollars, based on no other reason than that person's personal religious faith? I am confident that the vast majority of Americans do not like religious discrimination.
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