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• Separation of Church and State=Same Sex Marriage

  Finally!  Someone from a religious perspective is talking sense about gay marriage.  (And it's in the newspaper.)  Joseph Conn, spokesperson for Americans United for the Separation on Church and State told the San Jose Mercury news: "At its heart, the marriage issue is a church-state issue...In effect, you have several of the large faith groups trying to impose their viewpoint on marriage on the whole state. That's really what's going on with this referendum." Precisely.  Civil marriage is a legal status granted by the state.  It has nothing to do with religious marriage which is granted or not by religious traditions in a wide variety of ways.  Hence   Read More... Posted Oct 29 2008, 09:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 54 comment(s) Filed under: same-sex marriage, first amendment, gay marriage, separation of church and state, Shannon LC Cate, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Proposition 8, Joseph Conn

• Bush Wants to Fund Religious Schools with Your Tax Money

  The White House Domestic Policy Council issued a report last week, called “Preserving a Critical National Asset: America’s Disadvantaged Students and the Crisis in Faith-based Urban Schools”  Among other things, the report calls for considerable increases of public funding to private, religiously affiliated schools through vouchers, tax credits and other forms of tax aid at both federal and state levels.  it also recommends the establishment of religious charter schools. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 09:30 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 30 comment(s) Filed under: public schools, first amendment, private schools, george w bush, Shannon LC Cate, religious school, Public money for private education, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, home schooling, religious education