Coalition seeks repeal of grant memo allowing Christians-only hiring: Asks Obama administration to review Bush policy
Dozens of legal and religious groups have asked Attorney General Eric Holder to rescind a Bush-era memorandum that they believe wrongly permitted a religious charity to receive federal grant money despite its policy of hiring only Christians.
Organizations including Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Anti-Defamation League told Holder in a letter September 17 that the 2007 memo from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel misinterpreted the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.