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Education Department Considering Expanding Faith-Based Insitutions' Eligibility For Grants
Religion Clause ^ | 5/11/18 | Howard Friedman

Posted on 05/13/2018 5:56:26 PM PDT by marshmallow

As part of its Spring 2018 regulatory agenda released on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education signaled that it is considering rule amendments to expand the eligibility of faith-based institutions for federal grants. In a release titled Eligibility of Faith-Based Entities and Activities, DOE said:

Various provisions of the Department’s regulations regarding the eligibility of faith-based entities to obtain grants from the Department or to participate in State-administered programs and the activities that they may perform unnecessarily restrict participation by religious entities in the Department’s grant programs by including requirements specific to such entities.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: education; faith

1 posted on 05/13/2018 5:56:26 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Not good.

Sacralism is dangerous.


2 posted on 05/13/2018 5:57:25 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

“Sacralism is dangerous.”

Well, when the state is messing with Christianity or Judaism, it’s a bad thing. Where these two faiths inform the consciences of citizens, it is salutary in the extreme.

When a state expels muzzies and other nutbar cults, this is another example of beneficial sacralism.


3 posted on 05/13/2018 6:05:39 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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To: marshmallow

Bad idea. They start getting the money and it’s like a drug. They’ll jump through all the hoops the gov sets up to keep the money.


4 posted on 05/13/2018 6:18:57 PM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: marshmallow

big mistake. muslims will be all over this ...


5 posted on 05/13/2018 9:16:52 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: marshmallow

How about we just abolish DOE and end the grants altogether?


6 posted on 05/13/2018 9:57:15 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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