Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule

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2. No.

I mean, I'm sorry, I love Catholic Charities, they do great work...but if they want to be discriminatory, every dollar they receive could do just as much great work in the hands of American Red Cross, Urban League or other charities serving the same communities that do not discriminate. It could do just as good work in the hands of other Catholic organizations that do not discriminate, often those that get less attention because they're locally-run by a religious order or lay groups.

If Catholic Charities doesn't want Uncle Sam's money, I'm sure Covenant House would be glad to take it...they don't ever have enough money to cover all the LGBTQ youth that end up in their shelters because bigoted parents threw them out in the street for being gay. I'm sure the local food pantry run by the Poor Claires would take it; they don't care who you are as long as you need assistance. I'm positive the local St. Vincent DePaul shelter would take it, a lot of people that end up there are there because of anti-LGBTQ discrimination too and they serve them the same as everybody. It's amazing how many Catholic organizations would put their call-to-service first, it's disappointing to me that Catholic Charities would not.

It's not Obama denying these discriminatory groups funds and contracts, it's them denying themselves funds and contracts.