He used the word mandate, then regretted it instantly, the aide said. What he really means is, I made a promise. He feels he has an unfulfilled promise that he intends to keep, to the extent he s able to. And it s time to at last put the long national nightmare of Separation of Church and State behind us, thank God. On Monday, Bush issued an executive order creating a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which will be charged with easing regulations that inhibit religious charities from competing to run federally funded social service programs.
Real change happens street by street, heart by heart one soul, one conscience at a time.
It happens in places like this one, the Fishing School.