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It is also important to strengthen our communities by unleashing the compassion of America's religious institutions.
Religious charities of every creed are doing some of the most vital work in our country: mentoring children; feeding the hungry; taking the hand of the lonely.
Yet government has often denied social service grants and contracts to these groups, just because they have a cross or Star of David or crescent on the wall. By executive order, I have opened billions of dollars in grant money to competition that includes faith-based charities. Tonight I ask you to codify this into law, so people of faith can know that the law will never discriminate against them again.
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Taken from last nights SOTU.