The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy presents this Q&A featuring responses from:
Jedd Medefind, acting director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: “A faith-based social service provider must separate any ‘inherently religious activities’—such as prayer, worship or religious instruction—from government-funded social services. In the vast majority of cases, it is quite clear what would constitute religious activities and content.”
Ira C. Lupu and Robert W. Tuttle, co-directors of legal research for the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy: “Guidance should be clear that the inclusion of specifically religious content in the delivery of services may expose both the public grantor and the private grantee to legal consequences.”
