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Originally Posted by daswig
It'd be really stupid to, say, force the catholic church to hire methodist ministers to conduct mass or face a lawsuit.
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Yep, but that's not what the bill is about
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The legislation, which now goes to the Senate, reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. It provides funds for training and vocational rehabilitation programs for adults and dislocated workers, as well as activities for low-income youth.
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So if a faith-based organization is operating a federally funded training and vocational rehabilitation program, according to this bill applicants for a job within the program can be screened by religion.
Presumably the consequences of this bill could be more general than that, but those are the specifics that I'm aware of.