Sunday, January 29, 2006

Substantial amount of AIDS funding goes to religious groups

There was a time in America when the above headline would not have aroused suspicion; we would have expected a certain number of religious organizations to apply for and receive grants to help fight a serious syndrome that causes devastating disease and death. Religious organizations have taken an active role in promoting a number of social programs, from the Vietnamese resettlement effort to providing food for the nation's poor.

(Continue reading at MoJo Blog)

3 Comments:

I saw an article about that too. Most troubling was the stated goals of World Relief, which included "spreading the word about Jesus Christ."

Tax dollars going to spread word about Jesus?

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:46 AM  

I have a problem with any money going to any religious organization, especially if their fight for aids is to give those little just no classes on Sunday morning to their teen boys and girls. That is not fighting aids, that is not even putting a bandaide on, that is being stupid, and truthfully, other than a few church organizations that have hopitals here and abroad, and they still charge for their services, I don't see how a church could join the fight. I don't see the women's auxillaries handing out condoms or tracts about safe sex. I don't, it's just not going to happen. Leave the money where it will do the most good.

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