So lets have it out. Obama wants to take the 'faith-based', program started by Bush, to the next level. Obama Creates Faith Based Council
As Barack Obama has said many times, he believes that change comes not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up, and few are closer to the people than our churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques. And many of the challenges we face today—from saving our planet to ending poverty—are simply too big for government to solve alone. We need all hands on deck.
I don't know how I feel about this. In Bush's hands this program sounded really scary but I trust a Democrat to see that it is not a slippery slope. That fact is that the US already funds religion (through tax breaks) why not organize and get more of a benefit for our money.
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