Source: Washington Post
Remember that line between church and state? Well, GW took the world's largest eraser and destroyed a mile long patch.
$157 million in grants is flowing to religion-based initiatives.
I guess religion is a big-money business in Bush's America?
In the Bush administration, conservatives are discovering that turnabout is fair play: Millions of dollars in taxpayer funds have flowed to groups that support President Bush's agenda on abortion and other social issues.
Under the auspices of its religion-based initiatives and other federal programs, the administration has funneled at least $157 million in grants to organizations run by political and ideological allies, according to federal grant documents and interviews.
An example is Heritage Community Services in Charleston, S.C. A decade ago, Heritage was a tiny organization with deeply conservative social philosophy but not much muscle to promote it. An offshoot of an antiabortion pregnancy crisis center, Heritage promoted abstinence education at the county fair, local schools and the local Navy base. The budget was $51,288.
The message here is quite simple: it pays to be a Bush supporter even if you have to sell your soul to do so.
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