[CIMC-work] Re: [Imc-chicago] NO GOVERNMENT MONEY FOR CHURCH REPAIRS

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on 5/31/03 3:05 PM, atheist lk at atheist at crosshome.com wrote:

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - MAY 28, 2003
> 
> For more information, please contact:
> 
> Ellen Johnson, President
> Ron Barrier, Nat'l. Spokesman
> 
> GOVERNMENT MONEY FOR CHURCH REPAIRS
> VIOLATES SEPARATION,
> IMPOSES "RELIGION TAX'
> CHARGES ATHEIST GROUP
> 
> Taxpayers should not be compelled to finance repairs and upkeep for so-called
> "historic churches," American Atheists charged today.
> 
> This comes in response to policy changes announced Tuesday by Secretary of the
> Interior Gale Norton who said that houses of worship deemed to be historically
> significant should be eligible for public assistance. The first step in this
> new aspect of President Bush's faith-based initiative is a $317,000 grant to
> the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where lanterns were hung to
> signal Paul Revere that the British were coming.
> 
> Norton today said, "This new policy will bring balance to our historic
> preservation program and end a discriminatory double-standard that has been
> applied against religious properties."
> 
> Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists, warned that the grant "amounts
> to the public funding of religion."
> 
> "Under the excuse of preserving historic sites, all Americans -- including
> tens of millions of Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists and other nonbelievers
> -- will be picking up the tab to repair dilapidated houses of worship. This is
> just another unconstitutional step toward the public funding of organized
> religion." 
> 
> Johnson noted that the 280-year old church houses an active congregation that
> holds regular services.
> 
> Ron Barrier, Communications Director for American Atheists, said that the Bush
> administration was going out of its way to funnel public money to religious
> groups. 
> 
> "Across the nation, historic sites and parks are having their budgets slashed,
> but the federal government now wants to start handing over tax money to
> 'repair' houses of worship."
> 
> American Atheists is a nationwide movement which defends the civil rights of
> nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and state, and addresses
> issues of First Amendment public policy.
> 
> American Atheists, Inc. - P.O. Box 5733 - Parsippany, NJ (908)276-7300
> 
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