ACLU Opposes the Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act

May 7, 2003

Source: ACLU

http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLiberty.cfm?ID=12561&c=37

On May 7, 2003 the ACLU issued a press release stating that "the American Civil Liberties Union today joined with members of Congress and religious leaders to voice opposition to H.R. 1261, the Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act. The legislation would allow federally funded religious organizations to discriminate against employees based on their religious beliefs... The bill, as reported out of committee, would allow religious organizations that receive federal funds from the Workforce Investment Act’s job-training programs to discriminate against their employees based upon religion.��It would repeal current law, which states that all recipients of federal job-training program funds must not discriminate on the basis of religion."