ADL supports Colorado House Bill 1080, which would reinstate Colorado’s longstanding ban forbidding religious organizations from discriminating based on faith when hiring employees to work for government-funded social service programs. Even though this was the law in Colorado until 2007, the bill is meeting strong resistance from religious groups.

NEWS Would Law Handcuff Faith-Based Charities? No, It Only Assures Fairness in Hiring Rocky Mountain News ADL Supports House Bill 1080 to Restore Colorado’s Ban on Religious Discrimination ADL Press Release Religious Groups Feel Bullied by Proposal The Denver Post Letters to the Editor: House Bill 1080 Dispute Denver Catholic Register Bill Rankles Religious Groups The Denver Post Faith Groups Say Bill Would Mean Loss of Government Funds, CO Associated Press

RESOURCES Fact Sheet HB 1080 (pdf)