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Article: DiIulio: No funds for proselytizers.(John Dilulio of White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives outlines funding for religious social service programs)(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- March 21, 2001
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The director of the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives says religious social service programs should have equal opportunities for federal dollars, but those that proselytize cannot get direct government funding.
"The indivisibly conversion-centered program that cannot separate out and privately fired its inherently religious activities can still receive government support, but only via individual vouchers," John DiIulio told the National Association of Evangelicals March 7 in Dallas at the group's annual meeting.
DiIulio cited the example in current law of a parolee who receives a state approved list of drug treatment ...