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63. Faith-Biased Initiative (church taking care of the poor)

They have the unconstitutional Faith-based initiative supposedly caring for the poor right now.

It is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. under our Constitution, Americans can not be forced to support a religion. It was an executive order under George Bush and has continued.

"The accumulation of all power, legislative, executive, and judiciary in the same hands may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny." -James Madison, Federalist 46

Establishment Clause of the First Amendment (referring to the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution) stating "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." 1. The establishment clause has generally been interpreted to prohibit the establishment of a national religion by Congress, or 2. The preference of one religion over another or the support of a religious idea with no identifiable secular purpose.

Even though documentation of any results achieved by the "faith-based initiative," is nonexistent. It is being used to praise "compassionate conservatives," but up until now there is nothing to show that the taxpayers money is well spent. Ordinarily government agencies that have handed out millions of dollars would have to report to Congress and the public about what we've gotten for the money.

PEPFAR, the often-used term for the AIDS Relief package of former President George W. Bush. It placed a great deal of emphasis and a huge chunk of funding for abstinence-only programs. Many Evangelical organizations in the US also developed a sudden interest in AIDS when George W Bush came forward with PEPFAR and also funding for his Faith-Based Initiative. In 2006 a GAO study found that much of the money that could be traced went to staff salaries and benefits, and that few Federal regulations required for receiving public funding had been applied.