This guy is NOT, repeat NOT, a Democrat. Now he wants to expand "faith-based" programs:
Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans that would expand President Bush's program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and - in a move sure to cause controversy - support their ability to hire and fire based on faith.
Yeah, give these outfits federal money and allow them to discriminate. That's REAL progress.
[Edit: According to Lynn Sweet's column, Obama addresses the discrimination aspect and says groups would have to comply with federal anti-discrimination law:
The new partnership will not endanger the separation of church and state, so long as a few basic principles are followed. First, if an organization gets a federal grant, it will not be permitted to use that grant money to proselytize to the people it serves, and the group will forbidden to discriminate against them on the basis of their religion. And groups will be required to comply with federal anti-discrimination laws in their hiring practices—including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Second, federal dollars that go directly to churches, temples, and mosques will only be allowed to go toward secular programs. And Obama will ensure that taxpayer dollars only go to those programs that actually work.
Regardless of the clarification, it's still dangerous pandering.]
This is supposed to be an attempt by Obama to appeal to the South's "evangelical" voters. They aren't going to vote for him no matter what. The AA vote isn't even the majority vote in that region, so he can just forget it.
Get a clue, Obama supporters: The GOP is now controlling BOTH of our major parties.
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