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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The benefits: an income stream for you and your beneficiaries, philanthropy of your choice, a charitable deduction and significant capital gains tax minimization.

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