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Concerned About Separation of Church & State?

 
 
Reply Sun 20 Apr, 2003 10:48 am
Apparently the historical Constitutional divide between church and state is being eroded by the current Administration's policies. There is an organization that works to keep the business of American government, and the business of religion separate.

The name of the organization is "American's United for the Separation of Church & State". Through education, legal challenges and other methods, the group works to maintain the division between the church and the state that the framers of the Constitution wisely included in our original blueprint for American Democracy.

What I find very interesting, is that there are many religious groups who are as interested in maintaining the spirit of the Constitution as the laity. The webpage cites the names of those organizations.

To learn more about the work of this organization, go to:

www.au.org
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 20 Apr, 2003 10:52 am
An important issue, Phoenix. Thanks for the link.
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Gala
 
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Reply Sun 20 Apr, 2003 11:10 am
Thanks for the link, this is interesting...
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PDiddie
 
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Reply Sun 20 Apr, 2003 01:32 pm
Very. And here's more evidence why:

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Six members of Congress live in a $1.1 million Capitol Hill town house that is subsidized by a secretive religious organization, tax records show.

The lawmakers, all Christians, pay low rent to live in the stately red brick, three-story house on C Street, two blocks from the Capitol. It is maintained by a group alternately known as the "Fellowship" and the "Foundation" and brings together world leaders and elected officials through religion.

The Fellowship hosts receptions, luncheons and prayer meetings on the first two floors of the house, which is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a church.

The six lawmakers -- Reps. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn.; Bart Stupak, D-Mich.; Jim DeMint, R-S.C.; Mike Doyle, D-Pa.; and Sens. John Ensign, R-Nev. and Sam Brownback, R-Kan. -- live in private rooms upstairs.


Religious Group Helps Lawmakers With Rent
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Sun 20 Apr, 2003 04:30 pm
The more that you read, the scarier it gets!
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