The Bush administration is working with the nation's largest charity, the Salvation Army, to make it easier for government-funded religious groups to practice hiring discrimination against gay people, according to an internal Salvation Army document.
Gee. What a surprise. No, really, I'm just terribly shocked. Can't you tell how shocked I am?
So now an explicit goal of Bush II Fraudulency's administration is to force cities and states to work with religious organizations, whether they want to or no, and to then force said cities and states to allow these organizations to circumvent their employment laws. The wording of the revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular #A-102 would, if adopted as suggested, accomplish this quite effectively. Of course, the Administration's position would be that no such force is intended or applied, but let's get real. Nothing in this country has the funds that the federal government has; therefore, the local governments need access to the federal funds for many things, not just the poverty alleviation programs. However, all federal funds will be cut off if the local governments apply their antidiscrimination statutes to religious organizations. It's an awfully effective example of governmental force majeure.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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