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Old 06-30-2004, 03:10 PM   #39
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Originally posted by Troubleshooter


Not me directly but:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/char_choi4.htm

I'm a non-theist myself, but when I have to hear a president say he is told by god that he's here to save the world I have to worry.
does the president not have 1st amendment rights? if he can see his way to speak a complete sentence so the world can understand it and he wants to mention HIS faith, i don't really care. if he starts telling others that they have to belong to his, or any other faith in order to receive benefits, i'll stand alongside you and shout him down.

what i got from that link is that they are concerned that some people may go hungry, lose their electricity, etc... because they are unwilling to accept help from a charitable organization which is affiliated with a faith group. if it is charity, then who cares where it comes from? these programs don't require a belief in any one thing to receive services. i believe part of the initiative was that organizations from ALL faith groups had access to the same support. that doesn't sound too exclusionary to me.
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