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I'm sure this will be Obama's last sloppy wet kiss for the right-wing. Yep...
by scarshapedstar (gmail: jmcnary) on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 04:27:17 PM EST
faith-based social work is a staple of the progressive movement in every city in this country.

I guess I'll have to keep writing about this, since too many academic progressives see 'works' to be the exclusive province of the right.

by BooMan on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 04:29:53 PM EST
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His piece is long and I haven't read all of it.  I respect the charitable work done by religious organizations.  I have serious problems with government funding supporting these same organizations.  Recently I had occasion to reread Lemon et al. vs Kurzman et al.  (1971).  it is instructive to read the dissenting opinion.
by Heart of the Rockies on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 05:08:29 PM EST
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I'll vouch for that, Booman. I contributed financially to a homeless shelter my church ran when I lived in Philly, and still do (winter months, overnight, 20 men, paid supervisor of another faith, various congregations and groups provide dinner each night), and in Harrisburg I have volunteered as a host at a homeless shelter, which means sleeping overnight on a mat on the Sunday school floors with another volunteer or two and up to 40 men and women. We serve coffee and snacks before lights out, wake up people who have to be at work early, smooth over arguments, and clean up as needed.

The government isn't providing "a clean, warm, safe place" for people who find themselves homeless. We religious progressives are trying to hold out a safety net where there is none. We do not push religion in any way; religious imagery of all sorts is removed and replaced every day. One pastor was upset because two women regulars at his church's pantry asked him to teach a Bible studies class; he worried about how that would compromise the nondenominational welcome mat.

Government also isn't helping people afford a place to live. I'm disgusted when people who go to work every day can't rent a shabby efficiency.

Note that a right-wing religious group runs a homeless shelter for men that is the opposite, based on saving the men's souls and tossing out those who don't do as told. They do heavy fund-raising with newspaper ads.

by Joyful Alternative on Thu Jul 3rd, 2008 at 10:21:48 PM EST
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