Americans United Urges Attorney General to Act On Unlawful ‘Earmark’ Funding Of Nine Religious Institutions
Church-State Watchdog Group Asks U.S. Department Of Justice To Cut Off
June 24, 2009
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to terminate or investigate nine federal grants awarded to faith-based groups that proselytize and that discriminate in hiring.
In the 2008 fiscal year, Congress approved earmarks that directed the U.S. Department of Justice to award grants to these religious organizations. The Department of Justice, under the Bush administration, approved the constitutionally dubious funding without conducting anything more than a cursory review.
Now Americans United, in a letter to Holder, has asked for that Bush-era decision to be reversed.
Read the full press release at au.org
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