Bush's Faith-Based Gravy Train

. By regulation, the Bush administration has removed requirements for professional qualifications for employees who act as therapists and counselors.

Restrictions against discrimination in hiring have been removed. Jews, Muslims and gay persons are victims of harsh hiring discrimination. Many faith-based grant recipients are openly using religious conversion as a tool of therapy. Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu
Tags Help
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 26, 2009 - 9:16 PM PST
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jan 26, 2009 - 9:16 PM PST

To:


Separate email addresses with commas.
25 recipients max.

Note:

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Dwightskagitspring_thumb
4.5
by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 28, 2009

Bess takes on a subject that most of the big corporate press and pandering politicians hesitate to address. Bush has turned on the bureaucratic spigot for tax money to flow to religious proselytizing. Religious prejudice is rampant in his programs regarding who is hired and who is helped.

The constitution and good public policy call for the abolishment of the Bush's merging of government and religion. Obama is a little weak and ... More »

See Full Review » (13 answers)
Seattle_020_thumb
4.4
by Gregory Kruse - Jan. 29, 2009

Some credit should be given to the editor of Consortium News for bringing this smart and incisive essay to our attention. It exposes the soft under-belly of the monstrosity that goes by many names such as, Moral Majority, Christian Right, Compassionate Conservatism, and Neocon. The back of this monstrosity is the Bush Doctrine. Conservatives used political power to increase the "Creationist" church, and used that church to increase their political power. Their failure to govern ... More »

Rev. Bess points out something which has been ignored for years, that the church in America found the legal way to do good things with federal money ... More »

See Full Review » (7 answers)
P9110066_thumb
4.1
by Patricia Blochowiak - Jan. 28, 2009
See Full Review » (6 answers)
Tanya_maurer_thumb
4.0
by Tanya J. Maurer - Feb. 18, 2009
See Full Review » (11 answers)
Silhouette_sml
2.4
by Lindsey Hoshaw - Jan. 29, 2009

Difficult to read and not that well written. It does provide context but didn't inform many of my opinions about Bush and his faith based ... More »

See Full Review » (6 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.8

Good
from 5 reviews (50% confidence)
Quality
3.8
Information
4.0
Insight
4.2
Style
3.2
Context
3.6
Enterprise
4.7
Expertise
4.0
Originality
4.0
Relevance
4.5
Responsibility
5.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.0
Credibility
4.2
# Reviews
2.5
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!