Obama is one clever man. He understands that churches are the strongest most efficient grasstroots organizations out there. They dwarf secular grassroots organizations in their ability to mobilize and network committed long term volunteers. The GOP has effectively embarrassed the hell out of Democrats for years with this understanding.
Obama is energizing not just left leaning religious folks but many of the more "conservative Christians" once committed to GWB. He's inspired them with a refocus on true core Christian values of service, compassion and charity.
When ya'll signed on for "Change" you should have been prepared for some serious shaking out of the old rules and some new faces in the crowd.
"changing" the Constitution.
Progressive Blue
No, nothing like it.
and always FIRST when it comes to our Nation. Not god, not religion, not a book.
Yeah, cool, I agree. So what's the problem, as I said it is nothing like tearing up the Constitution in the context in which Obama has framed it. And he is righting a wrong perpetrated on us on that point by the Bush administration in the same stroke.
evangelicals these days when we think of faith-based initiatives because that's who has been getting all the money during Bush's admin. for their crazy rightwing causes.
But think of it this way -- churches, mosques and synagogs do lots of stuff that has nothing to do with religion. They are like the original community activists. And they don't all proselytize. I was raised Unitarian and you know Unitarians don't proselytize yet they do lots of things to help the community.
As long as Obama doesn't discriminate between religions (hell, the pastafarians should be entitled too) and keeps the religious groups accountable that they don't use it to proselytize then it doesn't really violate the constitution. We should keep a close eye on how the program(s) are administered and how the recipients are monitored though. Otherwise, they should lose their tax-exempt status.
let the Churches and such do it themselves. Let their followers pay for it.
When religion and government mix... it is not a good thing!
Neither is the mixing of corporations and government. - see how that has worked out?
How has the mixing of religion and government worked out around the world? .. not to good, i would say.
Yep. Love to have your thought on my diary.
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/7/1/17413 2/7871#readmore
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