Greetings,
From here on in BTW, I'm calling the current bill the stimu'less' package because it is less 'stimulus' and more SPENDING on bureaucracy!
But anyway - recently a little known provision has been found in the bill that is unconstitutional, that is, if you still believe in the 'Free Exercise' clause of the 1st Amendment:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
According to FOX News:
"The provision bans money designated for school renovation from being spent on facilities that allow "religious worship." It has ignited a fury among critics who say it violates the First Amendment and is an attempt to prevent religious practice in schools."
So that would mean for example, NO MONEY for a Catholic or Lutheran parochial school or any denominational college or seminary.
The article further says:
"According to the bill, which the Democratic-controlled House passed despite unanimous Republican opposition, funds are prohibited from being used for the "modernization, renovation, or repair" of facilities that allow "sectarian instruction, religious worship or a school or department of divinity."
So I guess that would include hospitals too, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Jewish, etc. All those facilities have chapels right? What about little towns like mine in the upper Midwest that ONLY have ONE hospital which happens to be owned by the Catholic church?
So much for Obama the 'Christian' President and so much for the Catholic case for Obama! I wonder how many people were suckered by that liberal PAC?
Of course this is not a bad thing necessarily, when F.D.R. was President, the Supreme Court struck down the worst parts of the New Deal. Perhaps once passed this bill or parts of it can be challenged in court and summarily struck down . . . hmmm . . . food for thought.
TTFN,
Jim
From here on in BTW, I'm calling the current bill the stimu'less' package because it is less 'stimulus' and more SPENDING on bureaucracy!
But anyway - recently a little known provision has been found in the bill that is unconstitutional, that is, if you still believe in the 'Free Exercise' clause of the 1st Amendment:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
According to FOX News:
"The provision bans money designated for school renovation from being spent on facilities that allow "religious worship." It has ignited a fury among critics who say it violates the First Amendment and is an attempt to prevent religious practice in schools."
So that would mean for example, NO MONEY for a Catholic or Lutheran parochial school or any denominational college or seminary.
The article further says:
"According to the bill, which the Democratic-controlled House passed despite unanimous Republican opposition, funds are prohibited from being used for the "modernization, renovation, or repair" of facilities that allow "sectarian instruction, religious worship or a school or department of divinity."
So I guess that would include hospitals too, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Jewish, etc. All those facilities have chapels right? What about little towns like mine in the upper Midwest that ONLY have ONE hospital which happens to be owned by the Catholic church?
So much for Obama the 'Christian' President and so much for the Catholic case for Obama! I wonder how many people were suckered by that liberal PAC?
Of course this is not a bad thing necessarily, when F.D.R. was President, the Supreme Court struck down the worst parts of the New Deal. Perhaps once passed this bill or parts of it can be challenged in court and summarily struck down . . . hmmm . . . food for thought.
TTFN,
Jim
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