Posted on 07/10/2005 8:24:42 PM PDT by Crackingham
So you support faith-based initiatives?Absolutely. As long as the money is being used for secular purposes and recipient selection is based soley on program effectiveness.
-Eric
They are clearly protected by the First Amendment.Protected from being forced to follow the practices of any faith, or from being treated as second class citizens because they do not profess the approved faith.Protected from what?
-Eric
or from being treated as second class citizens because they do not profess the approved faith
There is no legal category "second class citizen" in the United States, and it is therefore impossible for anyone to be treated as one by the government. You are referring to acts of the government, I trust? I, or any other private citizen, can treat you as we please without implicating the Constitution.
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