If you are angry about the religious right, join Americans United

[More Than A Feeling]

if you haven't already. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State is on the front lines in the battle against religion in government. We can use all the activists we can get! Go to au.org to join or just sign up for email updates. Its more satisfying than ranting on a message board.

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1. I signed up, but...

every time I give my name and address, I always feel like I am just pointing the troops to my home to round me up for the inevitable FEMA internment camps...

[More Than A Feeling]

2. kick for the separation of church and state! n/t

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3. AU helps out in rural PA county

Thought you all might be interested in something we have been keeping busy with in Bradford County- helped by Americans United!

02/17/2005 From the Daily Review Towanda PA
Federal lawsuit filed against county and Firm
By C.J. Marshall

A federal lawsuit is scheduled to be filed today against the Bradford County Board of Commissioners, as well as the Firm Foundation, over perceived violations of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.



Clark Moeller, representing the Bradford County Alliance for Democracy, reported that the complaint will be filed on behalf of several Bradford County citizens, including a former inmate at the Bradford County Correctional Facility, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The lawsuit, according to information provided by Moeller, indicated that the lawsuit is being filed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union. Also named in the lawsuit is the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) as well as U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The lawsuit is claiming that a violation of the separation of church and state occurred because public tax money was used to support the Firm Foundation -- a faith-based organization located in Towanda....

...The federal lawsuit is the latest in a series of complaints filed against the Firm Foundation by the Bradford County Alliance for Democracy. The Alliance made several allegations of fiscal mismanagement against the Firm Foundation in July, charging that the organization had spent $200,000 in public money "... with at least a cavalier, careless neglect, and has not accomplished what it was being paid to do."...


..."Many religious institutions have provided wonderful services to their communities using federal funds -- including hospitals, soup kitchens, housing projects and job programs -- without violating the Constitution," said Kris Schwenke, president of the Bradford County Alliance for Democracy and one of the plaintiffs.

read more http://www.thedailyreview.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1397...

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4. This was Kephra's favored organization....

I joined and donated some money to them in memory of a fine person that I miss.