Faith Based Initiatives

[rsmith6621]

Since Shrub has started this program are there any statistics that show the dispursement of the funds per Religeous Faith Base Org....such as how much has the Christian faith recieved compared to Islam and other groups......also is there a list showing the amount of request by these groups comared to fullfillment???

Thanks

[Still_Notafraid]

1. No idea

But what i do know is some of these organization's in Georgia was not hiring Jewish people based on names for counseling jobs when they got government contracts,basically religious discrimination.-Stupid,Stupid,Stupid, What is wrong with people ahhahhhhaha!!! shoo thanks for letting me vent hehe

[MadProphetMargin]

2. Seeing as how Bush "enacted" them via executive order, how

are they being funded in the first place?

Why do neocons hate the ENTIRE constitution?

[Still_Notafraid]

3. found this

<snip>
The President today announced approximately $188 million in grants to help Americans in need with additional funding of $43 million for the Compassion Capital Fund, which supports the work of over 1,900 local groups and faith-based organizations that assist people in need; $45.5 million for mentoring children of prisoners to care for children at risk and in need of a responsible adult in their lives; and almost $100 million for the Access to Recovery program to help Americans conquer addiction using substance abuse treatment vouchers to access the most effective programs.
The President's FY 2005 budget proposal requests an additional $100 million for the Compassion Capital Fund; an additional $50 million for mentoring children of prisoners; and an additional $200 million for Access to Recovery. <snip>

at Bush's faith based website

[KT2000]

4. Excellent question and how much

has been used for construction. I recall a grant was given for a church to use for construction.

My guess is that the bookkeeping is pretty poor for these grants.

[MatrixEscape]

5. Payoff?

A good article about the CCF over at TomPaine.com:

http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/6535

I think the CCF is just a way for Bush to use taxpayer money to "pay-off" the Christian Right for their strong efforts, commitment, and full, unquestioning support.

Without their help, I think he, and other Republican candidates, would not have had such an easy time. The current election, IMHO, is also strongly influenced in this way. The Christian Right is very organized and vociferious.

However, as the above article suggests, they are not all happy about other religious groups getting a slice of that taxpayer pie.

If you missed it, there was a rather odd, anecdotal event with Rev. Moon not too long ago. He strongly supports the Right here because he has never been able to get Americans to fall for his brainwashy "religion" in large numbers. Do check into him if you get a chance ... follow his money, it is very interesting:

http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/MoonIsCoronatedKing.html

There are some links and info about Moon and other topics at: