http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/14170552.htm
Posted on Thu, Mar. 23, 2006
State denies grant for Mission San Miguel
Monika Tjia
A $1 million grant that the Friends of Mission San Miguel were counting on
to help fix the ailing mission was recently denied by the California
Culture and Historical Endowment, on the grounds of separation of church
and state.
But the mission is not giving up on trying to secure the grant, said John
Fowler, the project manager for the mission. Fowler is drafting a letter
appealing the decision by Diane Matsuda, the endowment’s executive
director.
Fowler said that the endowment’s decision was based on a recent advisory
opinion by the California Attorney General’s office.
Matsuda cited the state constitution, saying it prohibits the use of money
to aid sectarian purposes. Fowler said that the mission is more than just a
religious structure, citing its benefits to the community and schools.
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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]
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.. . . 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)
.. . .
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"You pilot always into an unknown future;
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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.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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