IIRC, the faith based initiative did not state what religions were allowed to get money, Only that they could and it established a set of parameters to allow that to occur.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: 10 commandments > > Or for that matter I'd heard that prior to being elected (?) Pres. Bush > made the claim that he didn't feel Wicca (or pagan religions in general) > were real religions and that we don't want or shouldn't have those kinds > of people in our country. I don't mind him making the claim necessarily, > but then it bleeds over into policy. The "faith based initiative" supports > Christian non-profit organizations by allowing them to receive federal > funding which was previously denied to non-secular non-profits. Afaik the > same opportunity would not be afforded to a wiccan non-profit. Moreover, > even if it does, it then opens the door for any non-secular non-profit to > use government funds to hire someone and then fire them on the basis of > lifestyle prejudice (they're gay or non-monogamous, or they don't attend > church, or they're a democrat, etc). Even if that's legal, I think it's a > really nasty thing to do to people and it shouldn't be legal. > > ike > > my personal favorite: > http://www.uua.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
