http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/03/16_mccalluml_faithbased/ Group plans suit against Minnesota over faith-based initiatives
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by Laura McCallum, Minnesota Public Radio
March 15, 2005
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St. Paul, Minn. — (snip)
Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation successfully sued the Bush administration over a faith-based grant. In January, a judge prohibited the administration from giving money to an Arizona mentoring group that injected religion into its publicly funded programs.
Freedom from Religion Foundation co-founder Annie Laurie Gaylor says her organization plans to sue the state of Minnesota over a faith-based grant, although she declined to give details. And she says state initiatives like the one Pawlenty is proposing raise similar constitutional questions.
"It is showing preference to religion and endorsing religion, and the websites that are funded through the state are intermingling the state logos with religion, and I think it's a very ripe kind of violation to litigate," according to Gaylor.
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