Posted by
Scott Senffner on Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:04:40 PM
Religious
Discrimination:
President Obama, Nancy Pelosi
and Harry Reid are out for Freedom of Religion and they think this is going to
stimulate the economy. I think we are
getting to close to socialism. No
granted, I did not read the whole stimulus bill, but I did skim through it and
I missed this part. According to the American Center for Law and Justice
(ACLJ), there is a part in this bill that says NO money is to go to a public
facility if there is religious worship.
Here is the section at dispute;
Section 803 “shall be for the purpose of modernizing, renovating, and repairing
institution of higher education
facilities that are primarily used for instruction and research . . .”
“PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS. - No funds awarded under this section may be
used for - (C) modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities - (i) used
for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of
divinity; or (ii) in which a substantial portion of the functions of the
facilities are subsumed in a religious mission.”
This is absolutely appalling
because this is going to restrict bible studies at colleges, dorms, etc.
We need to storm the senate and
have them vote again on an amendment. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has submitted an amendment (DeMint Amdt. No. 189)
but it was defeated 54-43.
Other articles talking about
this subject:
Targeting Religious Broadcasters
Stimulus
to ban religious worship
Now is
the time to contact congress again because it sounds like they are split on the
stimulus package, at least according to The New York Times.
GOP
Senators Risk Backlash
Don’t
just contact your congressmen or senators, contact others especially Senator
Arlen Spector (R-PA) and Sen. Susan Collins, (R-MA) are the two
supposedly wanting to go with the democrats. We need to pound them hard with emails and phone calls.
Here is a list of all of the
congressman and senators in the United
States.
Spread the word