It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part of the settlers.

对旅行者来说，这不是一个选择的问题；而对当地居民来说，这也并非是一时的行善冲动。

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And to help guarantee equal treatment for faith-based organizations when they compete for Federal funds, I ask you to permanently extend Charitable Choice.

NPR: Text of Bush's State of the Union Address

And we're in the process of implementing and expanding charitable choice, the principle already established in federal law that faith- based organizations should not suffer discrimination when they compete for contracts to provide social services.

CNN: Text of Bush's Notre Dame speech

Back in Texas, Bush continued to push the involvement of non-governmental groups in providing services typically reserved for the state, encouraging the involvement of church groups in assisting needy families with legislative action under welfare reform's "charitable choice" provision.

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