Although I think government money in the hands of religion is a path down a slippery slope into government control of religion (or vice versa), I think the Obama faith-based plan is more about the intersection that government and religions have on social issues.
For example, government and religion both want to relieve physical and financial suffering, so they can help each other out on those issues.
However, it is not the role of churches to pass morality laws upon an entire nation (even the moral codes of Moses were abandoned) nor is it the role of government to establish which religion is the "best" - at least not in a democracy. The beauty of a democracy is that the will of the people must be both protected and upheld - churches have every right to influence the people's will, as long as the people are free to accept or reject it.
As long as the faith-based initiatives do not infringe upon freedom of choice, I'm willing to see what good they will do.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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