Obama Wants To Expand Faith Base Programs

Should be interesting to see how this plays out.

Hey folks,

"The challenges we face today, from putting people back to work to improving our schools, from saving our planet to combating HIV/AIDS to ending genocide, are simply too big for government to solve alone," Obama was to say, according to a prepared text of his remarks obtained by The Associated Press. "We need all hands on deck."

Then he said this.

"Because they're so close to the people, they're well-placed to offer help,"

He is right. One hundred percent right. He also believes that Christian groups, Jewish groups, Muslim groups, or groups of any faith, SHOULD be allowed to hire and fire based on FAITH. In other words folks, if someone who does not believe in God, decides that they want to work for one of these groups, the group has the RIGHT to say, sorry, no.

I have never seen a problem with this. If you are an organization that is selling Healthy Living stuff, you do not want to hire someone, or you will fire someone, who is not believing in the product, or being a bad example to what you are trying to sell. You can not have someone who is smoking at an event touting a Smoke Free Lifestyle. ETC.

These organization that believe in faith, God, and helping others for the common good, SHOULD be allowed to NOT hire, and or fire, those that do not share the same view. I have always wondered why they would want to work for them to begin with, but I do not really think most do want to work for groups that have views they do not agree with. Most of the time, these lawsuits are about money and attention. Nothing more.

I'm having a hard time thinking that this will be accepted by to many Libs out there. They HATE Bush's Faith Based Programs and here comes Obama who does not want to do away with federal funding, but wants to increase it. He wants to EXPAND these programs. Give MORE tax money to them and allow them to operate the way THEY feel best.

I agree with people that are hearing this for the first time saying, this sounds great, but, uh, could he just simply be pandering? Yup. He could be. Promises made are that, promises. We will have to wait and see if he has any REAL plans to get this going.

Then you also have to think about this. Even if he is one hundred percent honest and truly believes in this, which I will admit , I have doubts about, he would still have to get the Liberal Loonies running Congress to agree to it. If not, it's just words.

Should be interesting to see how this plays out though.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Obama to expand Bush's faith-based programs