Faith Based

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Tue Feb 20 11:31:04 PST 2001


Does this mean that groups like American Atheist or the Council for Secular Humanism will be eligible for Federal funding the Office of Faith Based Programs?

Jim F.

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:12:14 -0000 "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com> writes:
> Apropos of our discussion of whether Office of Faith Based Programs
> would
> fund the Wiccans, there is an article in the NTY today about how
> nontraditional fauiths are, er cashing in: the Moonies, the Hare
> Krishnas,
> Scientology. The Nation of Islam is OUT: the govt won't fund groups
> based on
> "hate," which is why, I guess, the Catholics and Southern Baptists
> are OK,
> with their attitude towards gays and lesbians. Or, for that matter,
> the
> Moonies. The NOI was apparently bounced because of pressure from the
> ADL.
> It's not clear from the article whether the NOI applied to
> participate, or
> whether the ADL acted preemptively. This suggests that the Wiccans
> are
> likely to find some difficulties. I do hope they try.
>
> --jks
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