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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

not faith based? my big fat butt NOT faith based!!!

the damn NAME of the organization is faith initiatives of wyoming for HEAVEN'S sake! damn

AP Finds Wyo. DFS Gives Money to Churches


By BEN NEARY, Associated Press Writer Mon May 22, 5:08 PM ET
The Wyoming Department of Family Services has funneled tens of thousands of dollars to a grant program administered by a private religious corporation that has funded churches, ministries and religiously oriented anti-abortion centers, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Family Services Director Rodger McDaniel says the state payments to the company, Faith Initiatives of Wyoming, are entirely proper, despite arguments by some that the arrangement appears to violate the state constitution.
"What we're buying is not religious services but social services," McDaniel said.
The company's contract with the state, which was approved by the state attorney general's office, calls for it to assist existing faith-based and community organizations provide community services in such areas as "strengthening families" and "at-risk youth."
Although the Bush Administration has encouraged the use of federal funds to pay for "faith-based" social services, a section of the Wyoming State Constitution reads: "No money of the state shall ever be given or appropriated to any sectarian or religious society or institution."......

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