"Faith based intiiatives" and non-Christian groups?

[Eric J in MN]

Have any non-Christian groups received money directly from the federal govt. under Bush's "faith based intiiatives?"

Have they applied and been turned down? Any lawsuits?

[jefferson_dem]

1. I believe chimp-monster's FBI proposal has been a big flop-er-ooni.

If i'm not mistaken, there has not yet been any major legislation allowing for federal $ to go to religious organizations. Chimp has tried to force change via executive order but these have been minor and insubstantial.

Recall former high-ranking operatives in charge of pushing the FBI have been critical of the adminstration's comittment and methods.

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Now Kuo has asked painfully, "Will this be the largest unfulfilled promise of this administration?" And his question is reverberating around official Washington.

The "armies of compassion" that candidate Bush promised to fund "to fight a very different war against poverty and hopelessness" are more poorly equipped than the troops in Iraq on a bad day. Only a fraction of the $8 billion a year that Bush pledged has been allocated. Some new programs are "new" only thanks to creative accounting: Laura Bush's $50 million-a-year "gang prevention initiative," for instance, is paid for out of funds earmarked for another faith-based effort.

http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/editorial/10964808.htm

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All that being said, if ever such a policy is approved, it would likely and properly be met with a flurry of legal challenges. NO WAY this is NOT establishment!

[FloridaPat]

3. Correct on the legislation part. The exec orders have gotten a lot

of money to religions, including Jews. There is a seminiar going around to show people how to get money. Not sure who gets the invitations.

[ikojo]

2. I read where some Jewish groups received some "faith based"

tax payer dollars.

I say that if religious groups are eating at the taxpayer trough, then they should help contribute and pay taxes.

[Eric J in MN]

4. I would like to see what would happen to a more

controversial group which applied, like Wiccans.