Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Interesting Exclusion from the Upcoming Economic Stimulus Package

President Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan makes a deliberate and unconstitutional attempt to censor religious speech and worship on school campuses across the Nation, according to a lawyer who argued related cases before the U.S. Supreme Court 20 years ago and won them all.

"This isn't like a convenient oversight. This is intentional. This legislation pokes its finger in the eyes of people who hold religious beliefs," Jay Sekulow, chief of the American Center for Law and Justice. 

The problem in Obama's economic stimulus bill comes from a provision that states: 

"PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS. - No funds awarded under this section may be used for modernization, renovation, or repair of facilities used for sectarian instruction, religious worship, or a school or department of divinity; or in which a substantial portion of the functions of the facilities are subsumed in a religious mission."

The wording that specifically targets religious speech already has been approved by the majority Democrats in the U.S. House and all GOP members opposed it.

In the Senate, Jim DeMint, R-S.C., proposed an amendment to eliminate it, but again majority Democrats decided to keep the provision targeting religious instruction and activities.

Obama doesn't have to go to war against Islam he has already declared it on Christianity.

Now to be fair this includes all religions, however, because Christianity is by far the largest religious group in America it becomes the most affected and discriminated against.

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