Saturday, December 09, 2006
Ouch for the Prison Ministry
The courts have taken a different view, however, when public money goes directly to groups, like the Iowa ministry, whose method of helping others is to introduce them to a specific set of religious beliefs — and whose success depends on the beneficiary accepting those core beliefs. In those cases, most of the challenged grants have been struck down as unconstitutional.
Though, they in fact don't adhere to a specific set. Minor detail.
