[lbo-talk] The Military, the Church, and the Police

[Marta Russell]

>>Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
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>>However, Mark Chaves' study of religious congregations shows that it is
>>liberal and progressive congregations, not the conservative ones that are
>>more likely to pursue government funding of their programs.
>>http://www.urban.org/Template.cfm?Section=ByAuthor&NavMenuID=63&template=/Ta
>>ggedContent/ViewPublication.cfm&PublicationID=6446
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>Esther Kaplan also writes in her book, With God On Their Side, that 
>the Xian right doesn't care whether their services work - feed the 
>hungry, prevent unwanted pregnancy. They're just interested in 
>harvesting souls. Amazingly, even though the data show that 
>abstinence programs don't work, they pursue them anyway, because 
>they're the godly thing to do. Esther talked to women whose 
>daughters got pregnant despite the abstinence program, and they all 
>said they would do it again anyway. To bend to data or actual 
>experience would be too reality-based.
>
>Doug

Then there is this from the LA Times:
"This budget signals a substantial increase in the redistribution of 
federal dollars to faith-based organizations dealing with topics like 
marriage and abstinence and away from secular organizations," said 
Paul C. Light, professor of public service at New York University.
Light sees the Bush budget as part of a slow but steady trend to fund 
conservative churches and organizations that have a clear social 
agenda, often at the expense of secular nonprofit organizations and 
traditional federal aid programs."
marta

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