I was listening to NPR yesterday, and some guy from a Christian charity was whining about how if faith-based charities can't "use the Bible to guide hiring and firing decisions" then these groups will lose their "Purpose and drive." Well guys, if your purpose and drive were so fucking fragile in the first place that having someone on your staff who you might not entirely agree with broke it, then maybe you shouldn't have been a charity in the first place.
Then the same douchebag said that if the federal government tried to enforce hiring practices on faith-based groups, then "Well, we'd have to walk away from those (federal) grants." Awww, darn! You mean you won't take my money anymore if you have to hire a dirty homosexual? Poor you!
No. Fuck you! You want federal money? Then behave and show us that you deserve it.
This just pisses me off. I see that Obama is trying to implement a seperation between church and state, and no favoritism towards any one particular group, which some liberals might think is pretty cool. In a way, it's a step in the right direction, because here we have an actual recognition of the seperation between church and state that's been so hotly contested. However, making a government office all about faith-based initiatives is actively blurring that line considerably. I absolutely do not want my taxes going to this pile of crap. Why can't we put more focus on nonreligious charities and initiatives?
And this is just precious: "The president will also appoint Joshua DuBois, a 26-year-old Pentecostal minister who headed religious outreach for Obama's Senate office and later his campaign, to lead the partnerships office and name 25 religious and secular leaders to a new advisory board."
A PENTECOSTAL? You mean the speaking in tongues, faith healing, crazy kind of Christian? The kind of church that made my coworkers kids cry because they were so scared? Oh, that's fantastic.
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I don't have any real knowledge of this specific pentecostal. . . But it may make you feel slightly better to know that I know a lot of pentecostals (hello, raised in the South). And, well, some of them are a scary. . . Like my friend's family. They are kinda nutty. . . With snakes and speaking in tongues. But, she -my friend- is deeply pentecostal and isn't scary at all. If anything she is strongly compassionate and really is welcoming and considerate of everyone. Maybe this guy is the same?
And, I'm with you with your reservations about religion and Obama's designations. But, at the same time I keep reminding myself of this: I really don't like Rick Warren. I think he's an ass. I think he isn't who he claims to be among so many other things. But, my family is really impressed with him. Which does gall me. Yet, the things that they are the most impressed by -things I'm not even sure that he can claim- are pretty decent. Sooooo. . .in some bizarro way, their liking this fake part of him makes them try to model themselves better.
I don't think I've made any sense. . .lol. . .But, I feel what you are saying.
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