> > From: Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2002/06/18 Tue PM 04:09:15 EDT > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Re: Are you Liberal or Conservative > > Because you dislike who represents you, you think that all social funding > should be withdrawn? Religious groups have an extra agenda above and beyond > the overt mission. It would be all to easy for a group to say, for instance, > because you are from (insert disliked group here) either you repent of your > evil ways or else (no food, no shelter etc). Moreover there is far less > independent oversight and control over private religious groups doing social > work than what you have with public agencies. The recent scandals in the > catholic churches in the US and the church supported residential schools in > Canada are very good examples of why that independent oversight is needed.
Like Beth did earlier, you are lumping all faith based organizations into the same basket. Most faith based organizations I know of do not limit the support you can recieve based upon your identity. Your statement was insulting to me as a member of one of those groups. The groups I have worked with do not have rules that you must change anything to get help. An example are the local homeless shelters that are run by faith based organizations only ask that the residents not use alocohol and drugs on the property because there are also substance abuse programs on the property. They also ask that civil laws be followed on the residents. As for social funding being withdrawn, I just don't think it should be supplied by the federal government. Also, the scandals breaking around the world about the Catholic clergy is the result of the actions of less than 2 percent of the clergy. I don't think the other 98% of the clergy should be painted with the same brush. Please give me an example of independant oversight in the current social programs here in the US. Russel Russel ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
