Judge: federal grants to USCCB for human-trafficking victims are unconstitutional

Catholic Culture ^ | March 27, 2012 | Diogenes

[annalex]

religious organizations can’t understand the concept of “Federal money, Federal rules”.

It's not that we don't understand; the newsworthy aspect here is not that the Federal government can decide who to grant money, but the cut-off-my-nose-to-spit-my-face mentality of the said government.

Here is the problem simplified:

-- "Mine is a Catholic organization that works to eliminate (murder, theft, fraud, poverty, child obesity, -- insert your own) because (murder, theft, fraud, poverty, child obesity) violate the Catholic principles."

-- "Ah, Catholic? Grant denied"

Ship of fools.

[annalex]

When a Catholic pharmacist refuses to sell contraception, he can’t claim a Catholic conscience objection because he is employed as a pharmacist, but when that same pharmacist wants to volunteer time to help a refugee, he all of a sudden is too Catholic to ask for government money.

It’s in the First Amendment, ya know.

[AliVeritas]

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[AliVeritas]

No vouchers or medical care either? How about nursing homes, AIDs respite/shelters, all senior and orphanage centers/housing, unIversity grants, adoption/foster care centers? No more religious holidays and God off money? No burial next?

So this means the ACLU can’t impose secularism re: gay marriage, fed BC, abortion, sterilization, conscience/Catholic med personnel?

Quid pro quo.

Yet this govt gives to Islamic sharia countries and the Muslim brotherhood?

Enjoy that hand basket America.

Defund the CCHD ASAP.

I miss Cardinal O’Connor.

Maranatha!

Why don’t we cut the bull and disband WH faith based initiatives; They’re only for infiltrating, selling out the souls of Christians and churches via dissenters/those who think they’re God and big shots and votes.

Way past time to sweep our houses clean.

[dsc]

“I don’t think the grants represent a government endorsement of Catholicism.”

Doesn’t matter if it is. The Constitution forbids “establishment,” not “endorsement.” All that means is that congress is not allowed to establish a state religion, in the same way that the Anglican Church is the official religion of England.