I am stunned. Please assure me that this can be overturned. As your Senator, it's important for me to hear from you. I want to assure you that I firmly support the separation of church and state. At the same time, I do not support discrimination against religion.
Faith based organizations do tremendous good by feeding the poor and housing the homeless.
In fact, private charities, such as churches and other faith based groups often see greater success than government programs do on efforts to help the poor, the incarcerated, and at-risk youth. In our fight against poverty, I believe that we should explore every option we can to help the needy. The Senate Judiciary Committee, of which I am a member, has scheduled a hearing next month on the constitutionality of federally funded faith based initiatives. I will be sure to keep your view on faith based initiatives in mind as the Senate considers this issue. Again, thank you for contacting me.