12/20/2002
What Would Jesus Fund?
Jeb wants a new high-proifile state office for pouring money into churches, the right kind of churches, anyway. The exact name of the Florida Dept. of Tallahassee Rightwingers Telling You How to be a Good Person is yet to be announced. But wait, there's more. The governor and the Fla. Christian Coalition also want the state to be a whole lot more involved in marriage and family decisions -- making divorce and marriage harder, forcing people to take bogus "counseling courses" to get married, divorce or even to get a homestead exception. "Here's $100 for the rectory fund, Padre; now please sign this so I can get my tax break."
Is anyone the tiniest bit creeped out at this prospect? I mean aside those constitutional purists and liberals who think the First Amendment applies even when there's a Republican majority.
Is anyone the tiniest bit creeped out at this prospect? I mean aside those constitutional purists and liberals who think the First Amendment applies even when there's a Republican majority.
