CNS:
Stimulus Bill Would Discriminate Against Religious Activity on Campus, Conservative Groups Say
President Obama’s economic stimulus bill would forbid colleges — both religious and secular — from receiving stimulus funds to improve facilities that are used for religious purposes.
The provision is found in the Higher Education Modernization, Renovation and Repair section (Sec. 9302) of both the House and Senate versions of the bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
According to the provision, none of funds of the $6 billion allotted to the renovation, modernization, or repair of college buildings may be used for facilities “(i) used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or school department of divinity; or (ii) in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission.”
I count this as a blessing (no pun intended). The first penny that the Federal government gives your faith group purportedly for infrastructure will buy the rope they use to strangle your necks and control you in every way they can.
