Religious Charities in 10 States Get $1B

Friday April 1, 2005 12:31 AM
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Religious charities in 10 states and the District of Columbia got about half of the $2 billion in taxpayer money available to groups deemed `faith-based' by the White House in 2004, according to figures the White House provided Thursday to The Associated Press. <snip>

According to the White House figures, about one-quarter of the grants to religious groups went to New York, Illinois, California and the District of Columbia; each received more than $100 million.

The other states with large totals were Maryland, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia and Ohio. <snip>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4905639,00.html

Someone has to pay for all of those attorneys down in Florida.

Gas prices dry up volunteer drivers (Charities struggle...)

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Not only do we have to fight the Faith Based Coalition, we give them the money to fight us and our chosen beliefs.

One of the groups getting the "faith-based" money is obscenitycrimes.org, part of moralityinmedia.org, which fights indecency on cable, and is trying to shut down the adult entertainment business.

who the fuck do they think pays big money for emerging visual stimuli........
i mean technology. shit, it's going to be the dark ages.. no new toys!

place a piece of paper in the "basket" stating that you gave through your taxes.

They should be.

Here's a "red state" bride, groom, and wedding cake.... This is what we're up against folks.

:rofl:

Also getting money were organizations that do not consider themselves religious at all. Many of these groups had secular missions; some were surprised to find their names on the White House's list of faith-based groups.

Towey said some groups that did not want to be on the list were removed this year.

Unfortunately, Towey doesn't specify if that excluded group included some of the religious charities, or perhaps "secular" organizations that are heavily supported by the religious right. I'd like to see a before and after list. Actually, I'd like to see the list they released--even that would be enlightening, no doubt.

That would have paid for a LOT of health care! :mad:

Everybody.

solidly democratic would advocate for a president whose main
concern is making more money for the wealthy.

give the money mostly to SWING states, would they? 'Course not. And,of course, NY and CA two big blues.

that's all it is. The churches campaigned for bush, this is the pay off. Now they can use this money for future campaigns as well.