Opinion of the Issue, part 16

[Associate Justice PiT]

1	Women in the Military	83.3; 5.6; 11.1; 0.0; 0.0
9	Legalize Prostitution	73.1; 11.5; 0.0; 3.8; 11.5
6	Allow Gay Marriage	75.9; 6.9; 0.0; 0.0; 17.2
4	Free Trade Expansion	41.7; 25.0; 2.8; 11.1; 19.4
10	Legalize Selling Human Body Parts	44.0; 16.0; 0.0; 8.0; 32.0
5	Legalize Hard Drugs	31.3; 28.1; 6.3; 9.4; 25.0
15	Campaign Finance Reform	40.6; 15.6; 3.1; 6.3; 34.4
8	Punish Illegal Immigrants	26.9; 11.5; 0.0; 7.7; 53.8
14	Privatize Social Security	31.3; 3.1; 9.4; 12.5; 43.8
13	Reduce Federal-Owned Lands	24.0; 8.0; 24.0; 12.0; 32.0
12	Stricter Gun Control	22.6; 3.2; 9.7; 16.1; 48.4
7	Eliminate the Income Tax	16.1; 9.7; 0.0; 6.5; 67.7
11	Restrict Abortion	22.9; 0.0; 5.7; 20.0; 51.4
3	Return to the Gold Standard	9.1; 4.5; 4.5; 9.1; 72.7
2	Support the Patriot Act	4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 12.0; 76.0

[Lief 🗽]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

     I agree with this statement.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

Same here.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

I'll third that statement.

[RosettaStoned]

 Religion.

[7,052,770]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

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[dead0man]

lean no, but I agree with repeated quote.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Absolutely not.

[Lunar]

Yes, I don;t see why charities have to be secular and I think studies show that religious charities have far less overhead cost (meaning far more of every dollar spent, far more of it goes to the people that need it than  secular charities).


I'm a apatheist myself, but if I lived in Africa I'd rather get forty bucks than twenty bucks regardless of who gave it to me

[Marokai Backbeat]

Something doesn't sit right with me when we're talking about handing money to religious organizations, be they charities or otherwise, sorry. Also, out of curiosity, is there a religious charity money is going to that isn't Christian/Catholic?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

If government should fund charities at all, they should do it on a strictly secular basis. Ie; no discrimination against a particular charity because they happen to be religious or not. All that should matter is that they do good work and that they aren't all that corrupt.

[k-onmmunist]

NO!

Government is meant to be secular, it should stay out of anything with the scent of religion on it.

[JSojourner]

Lean no.  Would be a solid NO, but I want to believe we can find a way to separate taxpayer dollars from proselytizing and political activism. 

I have my doubts, of course...

[MasterJedi]

Yes, they provide the same services as non-religious ones.

[Earth]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

[The Mikado]

Definitely a "Yes, but..." moment for me.  There are some very good religious charities, and prohibiting them from getting federal money is as stupid as the Republicans' gag rule that banned funding any organization that provided overseas abortions.  Petty social issues should not distract us from the important things.

However, I would have a strong problem with my tax money going to distribute copies of Watchtower to the homeless.

[RI]

Lean yes; provided that they're treated the same as non-religious charities, and the religious charities are doing similarly charitable work, without discrimination (and not using the money to evangelize), then I'm fine with it.

[Smid]

I'm a strong yes, qualified however with Lief's caveat. Charities should be judged on the work they do and religious charities should be allowed to compete with secular charities on an equal footing, receiving funding if they provide the best service.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I don't think there's any way you can really make sure that this money isn't directly or indirectly supporting efforts to proselytize, the fact that pretty much every single organization Ive heard of receiving money has been a Christian/Catholic organization, and the fact that regulations to check up on these organizations has been... "lax" to say the least over the past few years, there is little to no way I could ever say yes to this.

And sorry, but I don't expect a Republican to uphold strict regulations on money going to religious organizations. Call me crazy.