I live in Indonesia, surrounded by many faithful, honest Muslims. They watched as you lied in court after having taken an oath on the bible, and couldn’t understand why Christians in America think they are following God when they do such a thing.

Thank you for being such a good example of what being a Christian means.

Sincerely,

E. Christensen

PS. I hate to be so direct, but why don’t you tell the truth and then start asking for repentance? Isn’t that part of the process that Christ taught?

But when a church sets a charity, that charity is separate from the Church’s function, and no hiring discrimination should be permitted.

I don’t the big deal. I have worked with Catholic Charities for years. I’ve worked alongside many non- Catholics and several openly gay people. Any church that would hire only people (to provide charity work) who subscribe to their particular variant of the faith can’t, in my view, be properly called Christian.

SOrry about the hundreds of thousands of people are starve because the new faith-based benefits program doesn’t consider them religious enough to recieve their money. But thats freedom for you.

How about giving public health to a church too? Oh, im sorry for all those who have an STI, because the church refuses to treat sinners. And it would be unconstitutional for the government to decide who its own money is spent treating, right?

Ending the sarcasm for a moment, it seems absolutly clear to me that the objective here is to get taxpayer money to churches, no strings attached, so it can be used for religious ends – pressuring people into converting.

If a church wants money from the government then the government gets to have a say in how that money is spent. If a secular organization wants money from the government, the government has a right to say how that money is spent.

Just as if I give you a hundred dollars I have some right to tell you how I want it spent, unless its an outright gift. What government do you know of in the history of the human race gives out money as an outright gift?

To give a special exemption for churches that want my taxpayer money is unreasonable. You guys want “special rights”. Forget it. You want freedom from interference in how you practice your religion? Fine. Just don’t expect me to pay for it.