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Fla. court tosses ballot attempts to allow public religion funding

USA Today reports:

Florida’s Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out two statewide ballot initiatives aimed at ending a longstanding ban on public funding for religious institutions, drawing praise from church-state watchdogs. (…)

Gary McCaleb, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which provided financial assistance for the case, called the state’s current policy “obnoxious.”

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Published Friday, September 5, 2008 11:25 AM
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Tagged as Florida, Religious Freedom
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