Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Government Funding Churches

The Casper Star-Tribune has published a story about how the government is funding churches in Wyoming. The money is being laundered through an organization called Faith Initiatives of Wyoming.

Faith Initiatives sounds like an intermediary organization similar to the Cornerstone Assistance Networks in Oklahoma.

Mainstream Baptists and Americans United in Oklahoma have been challenging the use of intermediaries to launder money to churches for more than five years. Here's a link to information about the faith-based program in Oklahoma.

Brad Yarbrough, the Director of Oklahoma's Faith-Based Office recently resigned. Now would be an opportune time to close this office.

Oklahoma's Democratic Governor, however, reportedly thinks it expedient to fill the position and continue using the office to influence churches for political purposes.

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