Long live our glorious leader.

[--Pete]

Hi,

For myself, I think it's too entangling to have government supporting religious charities, no matter what the terms. Churches are already tax exempt, which is an enormous advantage, and donations to their charities are tax deductible. Direct support strikes me as crossing the line, but I guess that's for the Supremes to decide, and not me.

I agree with you completely. The argument s often made that since the money is for charity, it does not support religion per se. However, the reality is that by supplying the churches with this money, it frees up their other money for proselytizing and political activity. It's a nice little circle where the government gives our money to the churches and they, in turn give some back to the politicians. But, hey, we have separation of church and state. And "In God We Trust". :angry:

--Pete