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Not Only ACORN
California Catholic Daily ^ | 9/24/09 | NA

Posted on 09/25/2009 5:44:50 AM PDT by Kimberly GG

....."According to a Catholic News Service article of October 16, 2008, ACORN had received $7.3 million from the Catholic Campaign over the previous ten years, making it one of group’s largest supporters.

Catholic Campaign grants to ACORN were discontinued in 2008, following its embezzlement and voter registration scandal."...

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...."But California Catholic Daily has found at least two instances in the city of San Francisco alone where the current criteria are not being “actively enforced.” On July 1, 2009, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development published a list of their 2009-10 grant recipients. These grants were made after the new criteria were established. Two of the four grantees in the city of San Francisco are the “Chinese Progressive Association” and “Young Workers United.” The Chinese Progressive Association is listed on the “API Equality” website as a “supporting organization.” API Equality is an organization of Asian and Pacific Islander proponents of same-sex “marriage”. The Chinese Progressive Association was also signatory to a No on Prop. 8 election flyer published in 2008 by Equality California. In 2009, the Chinese Progressive Association received a $30,000 grant from the Catholic Campaign."....

(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...


TOPICS: Religion
KEYWORDS: acorn; catholic; catholiccampaign; chineseprogressive; youngworkersunited

1 posted on 09/25/2009 5:44:51 AM PDT by Kimberly GG
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To: Kimberly GG; All

“Last June, CCHD cut off funding to all ACORN groups when we learned about a major case of embezzlement eight years ago that was covered up by ACORN staff leadership. This theft and cover-up raised serious concerns about national ACORN’s financial accountability, transparency, governance and organizational integrity. …”

Eight years ago...2001...what role was Obama playing during that time? Was he involved in ACORN or Project Vote?


2 posted on 09/25/2009 5:48:04 AM PDT by Kimberly GG (Sarah Palin - Supports a "path to citizenship" for illegal aliens. "path to citizenship" IS AMNESTY)
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To: Kimberly GG

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.


3 posted on 09/25/2009 6:19:27 AM PDT by PGalt
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