1.   As a result of the congressional negotiations, the legislation is being altered to address concerns about charitable choice.

2.   Bush and other White House officials were not concerned that the Senate version omitted expanding charitable choice.

3.   Bush, one of few governors who actively directed state agencies to finance religious programs, made expanding charitable choice a priority.

4.   But charitable choice also states that government aid may not be used for sectarian worship, instruction or proselytization.

5.   But charitable choice does not require religious groups to create a separate tax-exempt organization, such as Catholic Charities, to run government-funded programs.

6.   But he is doubtful that much can be done to derail the expansion of charitable choice to all social services.

7.   Charitable choice allows churches to provide government-funded programs without removing icons, cross symbols or losing their religious character.

8.   Charitable choice allows churches, mosques and other religious groups to compete for federal money without creating a separate, secular nonprofit organization to deliver social services.

9.   Charitable choice funnels federal money to religious groups for programs without requiring them to set up separate, secular organizations.

10.   Charitable choice gives religious groups an opportunity to compete for federal funds to deliver social services that were once the domain of government.