Americans United calls on President Obama to make this list a priority.

[Adsos Letter]

Source: AU

As Barack Obama assumes the presidency, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has prepared a list of nine religious liberty issues that merit special attention from the White House. Called “9 in ’09,” this campaign seeks to repair the damage that occurred to the wall of separation between church and state during the Bush administration.

1. Restrict Faith-Based Funding: The Bush administration’s dangerous executive orders promoting the “faith-based” initiative should be overridden. Religious organizations should not be singled out for special government treatment and generous tax subsidies.

2. Ban Faith-Based Job Bias: An executive order should be issued barring religiously based job bias in all publicly funded programs. Not one dime in tax funds should go to “faith-based” organizations that discriminate in hiring.

3. Select Good Judges: Give America judges who support the Bill of Rights, including its church-state separation provision. Our country deserves federal judges who will respect, not eviscerate, the First Amendment.

Six more at the link: http://www.au.org/site/PageServer?pagename=our_efforts_2009_nine_in_09

[biopowertoday]

1. Obama has already said he will increase faith based funds.

[Adsos Letter]

2. That is a mistake, imho.

[dtotire]

5. Obama's First Job Was with Catholic Charities

That was as a community organizer. He thought it did a lot of good.

[terisan]

3. Gives me hope that there are still groups fighting to defend Constitution. nt

[Adsos Letter]

4. Yes, and this is a very active, legitimate group.

The head of the organization, Barry Lynn, is a (Baptist?) pastor with a strong commitment to religious liberty. :thumbsup:

[1776Forever]

6. Excellent advise - These faith-based services aren't always evident to those that need the help!

My son in Florida didn't have any health insurance for 2 years and we didn't know we could have went to one of these services until just before he got his SSI through! What a waste! The Adult & Children Services didn't even know there were agencies that could have helped him and us! Shameful!