President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday, creating the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the Christian Post website reports today (May 4, 2018).
"The executive branch wants faith-based and community organizations, to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, to compete on a level playing field for grants, contracts, programs, and other Federal funding opportunities," reads the order in part.
In his remarks at the Rose Garden event, Trump said: "The faith initiative will help design new policies that recognize the vital role of faith in our families, in our communities, and in our great country."
Critics of the new executive order -- including Americans United for Separation of Church and State -- have argued that it will further advance discriminatory measures in the name of religion.
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