‘Public’ Does Not Mean ‘State’ or ‘Government’
COMMENTARY: Nothing in our constitutional order demands that tax dollars support only government-owned schools operated by government-employed teachers and staff.
COMMENTARY: Nothing in our constitutional order demands that tax dollars support only government-owned schools operated by government-employed teachers and staff.
The bishops said the amendment would hinder “the ability of churches and other faith-based organizations to obtain and utilize conscience protections whenever there is a claimed conflict with the sexual nondiscrimination norms that the ERA would adopt.”
While the policy previously covered around $600 million in USAID family planning assistance, President Trump directed the State Department to expand it to cover “global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies” to the extent allowed by the law.
The legislation, which was met with criticism by the U.S. bishops and legislators, passed March 22 by a vote of 256-167.
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