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A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
PRESS RELEASE ** PRESS RELEASE ** PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
March 9, 2006
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Contact: Joe Conn, Rob Boston or Jeremy Leaming
http://www.au.org/site/R?i=JZ-5J0Wkh1C-OwiJzm4xUQ..
AMERICANS UNITED CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING
Church-State Watchdog Group Charges That President Is Undercutting Civil
Rights And Civil Liberties
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today blasted the Bush
administration for its relentless effort to steer federal funds to
religious organizations, charging that the "faith-based" initiative
undermines civil rights and civil liberties.
President George W. Bush renewed his push for the initiative today in a
speech in Washington, D.C. A new administration report claims that $2.15
billion in tax aid was directed to faith-based groups for social services
during the last fiscal year.
James Towey, head of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives, asserts that Bush is breaking down barriers that prevented
religious groups from accessing government funds.
"The president seems to have little or no regard for the separation of
church and state," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive
director. "This initiative clearly rolls back constitutional safeguards and
civil rights protections that people count on.
"Bush is slashing social service spending across the board and using the
faith-based initiative to divert attention from the cuts," said Lynn. "This
initiative is a scam, and I hope America's religious leaders and the
American people don't fall for it."
Lynn added, "Bush persists in claiming that religious charities have a
better success rate than governmental and private secular programs.
However, there is no proof that this assertion is true.
"It is particularly deplorable that Bush boasts about rolling back civil
rights protections for government employment," Lynn continued. "This
initiative lets religious groups run publicly funded programs that openly
discriminate in hiring on religious grounds. That's an outrage."
Under executive orders issued by the president, tax dollars can go to
religious groups to operate social services even if they discriminate in
hiring on religious grounds. Thus, taxpayers are being required to pay for
programs where they would not be allowed to work or even volunteer.
Lynn charged that far from trying to create a level playing field for
faith-based groups, Bush wants to tilt the process toward favored religious
groups and leaders.
"I don't think it's coincidental that TV preacher Pat Robertson, a
prominent Bush backer, received $1.5 million in faith-based funding," said
Lynn.
The initiative, Lynn said, has clearly been used for partisan purposes. He
noted that in February, Towey spoke at a conference on the initiative for
religious leaders in Pennsylvania, where U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, who is
locked in a tight re-election bid, appeared via video.
Americans United is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington,
D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the
importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
***************************************************************
.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
****************************************************************
USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| User: "Dana" |
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| Title: Re: A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
10 Mar 2006 09:06:18 AM |
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Are a bunch of idiots
They should come over here to Iraq and see what their intolerance leads
too.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
10 Mar 2006 01:44:10 PM |
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On 10 Mar 2006 07:06:18 -0800, "Dana"
<raff242@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye-elo@nospam.net wrote:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Are a bunch of idiots
They should come over here to Iraq and see what their intolerance leads
too.
Say, Raffaniello
Are those Muslim ladies easier to get to ***** and *****
on you?
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
10 Mar 2006 10:30:17 AM |
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On 10 Mar 2006 07:06:18 -0800, "Dana" <raff242@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye-elo@nospam.net wrote:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Are a bunch of idiots
They stand for everybody's First Amendment freedom.
They should come over here to Iraq and see what their intolerance leads
too.
What "intolerance", liar?
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
10 Mar 2006 10:53:14 AM |
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In article <2ba31258uekc7u4rk992d9e4kuv34ci8dt@4ax.com> Christopher A. Lee <calee@optonline.net> writes:
On 10 Mar 2006 07:06:18 -0800, "Dana" <raff242@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye-elo@nospam.net wrote:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Are a bunch of idiots
They stand for everybody's First Amendment freedom.
They should come over here to Iraq and see what their intolerance leads
too.
What "intolerance", liar?
Oh, hey, everybody knows that it's the atheists who are
responsible for murderous religious fanatacism and zealotry
among Muslims.
-- cary
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
11 Mar 2006 02:46:31 AM |
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Cary Kittrell wrote:
They should come over here to Iraq and see what their intolerance leads
too.
What "intolerance", liar?
Oh, hey, everybody knows that it's the atheists who are
responsible for murderous religious fanatacism and zealotry
among Muslims.
Yeah, Osama bin Laden was one of the first agents of
the Cabal (TINC).
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| User: "Steve Knight" |
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| Title: Re: A U CRITICIZES BUSH PUSH FOR 'FAITH-BASED' FUNDING |
10 Mar 2006 09:21:44 PM |
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:53:14 +0000 (UTC),
(Cary Kittrell) wrote:
In article <2ba31258uekc7u4rk992d9e4kuv34ci8dt@4ax.com> Christopher A. Lee <calee@optonline.net> writes:
On 10 Mar 2006 07:06:18 -0800, "Dana" <raff242@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye-elo@nospam.net wrote:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Are a bunch of idiots
They stand for everybody's First Amendment freedom.
They should come over here to Iraq and see what their intolerance leads
too.
What "intolerance", liar?
Oh, hey, everybody knows that it's the atheists who are
responsible for murderous religious fanatacism and zealotry
among Muslims.
It's worse. We killed all the dinosaurs too. We did it just to get
the evolution thing going.
My hat is lined with foil so the EAC won't know I said anything.
Idiots!
Warlord Steve
BAAWA
www.sonic.net/~wooly
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