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Related: About this forumTaxpayer-Funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers Using Religion To Oppose Abortion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/abortion-religion-pregnancy-centers_n_1446506.htmlBy Sofia Resnick
Posted: 04/24/2012 8:10 am
WASHINGTON -- If you want to help carry out the anti-abortion mission of the taxpayer-funded Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center, you have to be a Christian.
It's right there on the Rapid City, S.D., center's volunteer application.
"Do you consider yourself a Christian?" "If yes, how long have you been a Christian?" "As a Christian, what is the basis of your salvation?" "Please provide the following information concerning your local church. Church name Denomination ... Pastor's name." "This organization is a Christian pro-life ministry. We believe that our faith in Jesus Christ empowers us, enables us, and motivates us to provide pregnancy services in this community. Please write a brief statement about how your faith would affect your volunteer work at this center."
But that hasn't stopped the center from receiving federal funding and other forms of government support.
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Taxpayer-Funded Crisis Pregnancy Centers Using Religion To Oppose Abortion (Original Post)
cbayer
Apr 2012
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DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)1. PUT PRESSURE on this group!
No public funding.. and I mean right now!
oilpro2
(80 posts)2. I would hope we can shut down quack clinics like these and
Bachmann's anti-gay clinic, too!
darkstar3
(8,763 posts)3. And this is the other side of the coin that is used to deny funding to PP.
Disgusting. Another example of how it is inviting problems when you mix religion and governance.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)4. Seems wrong to me. n/t