The Interfaith Alliance has asked the presidential campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to pledge to eliminate the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Welton Gaddy, president of the Washington-based nonpartisan alliance, sent letters to Kerry and Bush in mid-July.
Bush instituted the office early in his presidency.
Gladdy called on both candidates to rescind the executive orders issued by Bush that required “equal protection” for faith-based and community groups. Among his other requests was that houses of worship competing for federal funding create separate nonprofit organizations to conduct activities that would receive government money.
The alliance, which is clergy-led, was founded in 1994 and strives to foster a positive role for religion in public life.
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