Politics

Federal Government Must
Not Fund Religious Programs

On Monday, the Bush administration announced revised regulations dictating how federal grants to social welfare programs will be awarded. According to Jim Towey, the director of the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Office, these new regulations are "removing barriers that prohibit faith-based organizations from dealing with the needs of our addicts and our homeless and people seeking to move from welfare to work." While it's encouraging that the Bush administration is attempting to help the homeless and needy instead of cutting their funding, these new regulations not only violate federal law, they violate constitutional prohibitions against establishing religion. Posted by Editor at September 24, 2003 10:28 AM