Key Resources

White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Protecting the Civil Rights and Religious Liberty of Faith-Based Organizations: Why Religious Hiring Rights Must Be Preserved (PDF, 12 pages) (The White House, 2003).

Carl H. Esbeck, Stanley W. Carlson-Thies, and Ronald J. Sider, The Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations to Staff on a Religious Basis (Center for Public Justice, 2004). Download a free copy below.

Coalition to Preserve Religious Freedom, “Ten Reasons for Religious Staffing.” Download this handout below.

Ron Sider, “The Case for ‘Discrimination’” First Things (June/July 2002). 

Jeffrey Rosen, “Religious Rights: Why the Catholic Church Shouldn’t Have to Hire Gays,” The New Republic,  Feb. 26, 2001. Download this article below.

David M. Ackerman, “Public Aid to Faith-Based Organizations (Charitable Choice): Background and Selected Legal Issues,” Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, RL31043 (updated March 28, 2003), pp. 27-33.