Am. U. for Sep. of Church and State: block of faith based grants



Americans United for Separation of Church and State has issued this press release seeking to block faith based grants to a list of organizations. The PR begins:

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today urged federal agencies to block constitutionally suspect earmarks directing tax dollars to a string of religious organizations.

In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alfonso Jackson and Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, Americans United challenges 10 grants of public dollars for religious organizations or programs that appear to violate the First Amendment principle of the separation of church and state.

The referenced letter is here and is linked in the press release.



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