Comments on: Faith-based initiatives http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/ "To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance" Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Abstinence only corruption » The Allen Almanac http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-1707 Abstinence only corruption » The Allen Almanac Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:51:33 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-1707 [...] Back in August I posted about the corruption in the faith-based initiative programs. Sunday in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette there was an article on an abstinence-only group located in Fort Smith, AR called Tree of Life Preventive Health Maintenance Inc., the #1 abstinence promoter in the state. This company is completely entwined with a religious group and illustrates the obvious conflicts that occur with faith-based programs. Under the Bush administration, the federal government has doled out $ 781 million to programs that discourage teenagers from having premarital sex. The steadily increasing grants, many of them to faith-based charities, are making virginity a growth industry and creating a boom for abstinence promoters like Cindy Crawford of Fort Smith. [...] [...] Back in August I posted about the corruption in the faith-based initiative programs. Sunday in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette there was an article on an abstinence-only group located in Fort Smith, AR called Tree of Life Preventive Health Maintenance Inc., the #1 abstinence promoter in the state. This company is completely entwined with a religious group and illustrates the obvious conflicts that occur with faith-based programs. Under the Bush administration, the federal government has doled out $ 781 million to programs that discourage teenagers from having premarital sex. The steadily increasing grants, many of them to faith-based charities, are making virginity a growth industry and creating a boom for abstinence promoters like Cindy Crawford of Fort Smith. [...]

]]> By: Government’s role in your salvation » The Allen Almanac http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-841 Government’s role in your salvation » The Allen Almanac Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:40:57 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-841 [...] Faith based groups are working out so well too. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Faith based groups are working out so well too. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: James Allen http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-653 James Allen Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:23:23 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-653 I think it may have been on the Colbert Report (I might be wrong about that though), but someone pointed out that Al Qaeda is also a faith based initiative. I think it may have been on the Colbert Report (I might be wrong about that though), but someone pointed out that Al Qaeda is also a faith based initiative.

]]> By: twincats http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-652 twincats Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:19:26 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-652 The founding fathers are spinning in their graves so hard that if we could tap that energy, we could do away with fossil fuels altogether! Faith-based anything in government needs to go the way of the dodo, and pronto. It can take the Patriot Act along with it. The founding fathers are spinning in their graves so hard that if we could tap that energy, we could do away with fossil fuels altogether!

Faith-based anything in government needs to go the way of the dodo, and pronto. It can take the Patriot Act along with it.

]]> By: Iain Bennett http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-641 Iain Bennett Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:22:14 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-641 This is frankly disgusting. Religion and State should never be twinned. If faith is about personal belief, as it should be, how can personal belief be found in a place where you are TOLD what is the correct religion. My God! It's Tudor England all over again. This is frankly disgusting. Religion and State should never be twinned. If faith is about personal belief, as it should be, how can personal belief be found in a place where you are TOLD what is the correct religion. My God! It’s Tudor England all over again.

]]> By: Sara http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-614 Sara Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:01:34 +0000 http://jdallen.org/politics/faith-based-initiatives/#comment-614 This is proof that religious descrimination is occuring in our country. This policy of government-sponsored religion (another, more accurate term for faith-based initiative) is making a mockery of everything this nation is supposed to stand for. If things don't change, I envision a day when a person might go to their local Health and Human Services Department and have to sign a statement of faith before applying for aid. Or perhaps only Christians will be allowed to get government grants or scholarships for college. Maybe only Christians will be able to get research grants. This is a very slippery slope we are on right now. This is proof that religious descrimination is occuring in our country. This policy of government-sponsored religion (another, more accurate term for faith-based initiative) is making a mockery of everything this nation is supposed to stand for. If things don’t change, I envision a day when a person might go to their local Health and Human Services Department and have to sign a statement of faith before applying for aid. Or perhaps only Christians will be allowed to get government grants or scholarships for college. Maybe only Christians will be able to get research grants. This is a very slippery slope we are on right now.

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