“Giant faith-based slush fund” – Worth Noting – rules to allow funding of religious groups – Brief Article
Karen Ann Gajewski
* Having failed to get congressional support for faith-based initiatives, five Cabinet agencies are writing rules into federal law which, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State, will create a “giant faith-based slash fund” by “hijacking taxpayer dollars” for sectarian purposes in violation of the U.S. Constitution. In fact, last year Congress allocated $30 million to help religious groups learn how to apply for government money. But the Department of Health and Human Resources is now allowing groups which win large grants to pass an unlimited amount of the funds to small religious groups outside congressional guidance.
Karen Ann Gajewski is a consulting editor at the Humanist.
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