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September 23, 2005
God hearts discrimination
When the White House started pushing their federally funded Faith Based Iniatives programs it was obviously the slippery slope toward more tax payer funded advocation of religion.
The GOP have decided to just go ahead and ride the tobaggon at break neck speed down the slope.
The House voted Thursday to let Head Start centers consider religion when hiring workers, overshadowing its moves to strengthen the preschool program's academics and finances.The Republican-led House approved a bill that lets churches and other faith-based preschool centers hire only people who share their religion, yet still receive federal tax dollars.
Besides the blatant pandering to the religious right and the stupidly dangerous slouch toward theocracy, this screws up another otherwise decent bill. It makes Head Start grants more competitive, reauthorizes funding and makes it easier for teachers to collaborate. Unfortunately the fundamentalist whackos in our nation's capitol can't let a good bill get through without tacking on some sort of heinous religiosity.
It will be interesting to see the reaction of the our God is the most awesomest God crowd when local mosques start applying and receiving grants to host Head Start programs in their buildings.
Posted by Carla at September 23, 2005 09:37 AM
