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Father, we ask that You protect our freedom and keep America free from socialism. We thank You for this rule.
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Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a joint final rule with eight other Agencies – the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Agency for International Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs – to implement President Trump’s Executive Order No. 13831, on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative (May 3, 2018). This rule ensures that religious and non-religious organizations are treated equally in Department of Labor-supported programs, and it clarifies that religious organizations do not lose their legal protections and rights just because they participate in federal programs and activities. . . .

This final rule ensures equal treatment for faith-based organizations, consistent with the Constitution and other federal law. It removes requirements in prior regulations that placed unequal burdens on religious organizations, cast unwarranted suspicion on them, and were in tension with their religious liberty rights. This final rule also clarifies that religious organizations do not lose various legal protections because they participate in federal programs and activities, such as the rights to accommodations and conscience protections under the First Amendment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act and other federal laws.

This final rule preserves most of the existing regulations governing participation of religious organizations in the Department’s financial assistance programs, including provisions barring providers from discriminating against beneficiaries based on religion and requiring that any religious activities by the organization be separated in time or location from any services directly funded with federal money.

This final rule brings to close a process that began several years ago. The final rule was drafted in response to Executive Order 13831, issued in May 2018. The Agencies worked collaboratively to draft notices of proposed rulemaking that were published or delivered to Congress in January 2020. The nine agencies then received over 95,000 public comments from a range of interested parties, including Members of Congress; state and local governments, agencies, and officials; faith-based services providers and umbrella organizations; advocacy organizations; and individuals. The Agencies considered those comments, modified their regulations to address concerns raised in the comments, and drafted responses included in the final rule. . . .

(Excerpt from U.S. Department of Labor.  Photo Credit: Getty Images.)

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EAN
December 16, 2020

Praise You, Lord!

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Karen Mire
December 16, 2020

Thank you Lord God Almighty for this !! May God continue to bless President Trump and all those who are working WITH him. And may God arise and let his enemies be scattered in Jesus’s name !

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Karen Mire
December 16, 2020

Thank you Lord God Almighty for this !!

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Deborah Ledford
December 16, 2020

Heavenly Father, We can see your mighty hand at work and we give you praise. Our confidence is that you will complete the work according to your will and plan. We bow before you, Almighty God, in humility. We recognise you as Sovereign Lord. We know that our help comes from you alone. You give us peace in the time of storm. You are the source of our strength. It is you who secured our victory…you and you alone. Amen

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Susan Messenger
December 16, 2020

Praising the Lord God again and again for this Executive Order being finalized

And So Thankful for President Trump and all those who have worked so diligently with him to accomplish this

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