Is the Justice Department Improperly Ruled by Religion?

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From Talk To Action blog.

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/6/14/151528/572

Is the Justice Department Improperly Ruled by Religion?
By DonByrd Thu Jun 14, 2007 at 03:15:28 PM EST
topic: Church/State Separation

Back in February, I wrote about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' new initiative. The First Freedom Project instructs the Civil Rights Division to focus attention on cases involving religious discrimination, even adding a new special counsel position in that area. Luckily for America, the problem of race discrimination has been completely eradicated, so the Justice Department has extra time and resources to make sure church groups can send religious flyers and crucifixion-themed candy canes home to public school kids. Or, as Becket Fund founder Kevin Hasson authoritatively said, causing me to choke on my Fruit Loops this morning, "We can now deal with the problems of racism more effectively on a more local level. . . . "

I had no idea...

Apparently the Bush Administration agrees with him. According to a NYTimes report today, the Justice Department has "reshape(d) its civil rights mission" under Ashcroft and Gonzales. Read on...

"First Freedom Project"? Not that I'm surprised, but yikes.