Americans United for Separation of Church and State Files Lawsuit
And we thought the Bible Belt was confined to this little ole' area of the country. Well, blue staters, welcome to our nightmare. George W. Bushie has stretched that good old boy's Bible Belt all over the damned country.
When The Decider said he 'senses' a coming religious revival or Third Awakening, what he meant to say is that the little project of a Christian Theocracy is in the works and will be bought and paid for by the federal government.
Federal funding for programs that teach the Bible's view of marriage
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that seeks to block taxpayer funding of a Vancouver, Wash., program that offers "Bible-based" marriage education.
The Northwest Marriage Institute, a fundamentalist Christian organization, received two federal grants worth $97,750 in 2005. A $50,000 Compassion Capital Fund grant came from HHS and a $47,750 sub-grant came from the Institute for Youth Development, an intermediary organization that distributes "faith-based" funds for HHS.
Research undertaken by Americans United shows that the program used taxpayer money to set up a Web site that reflects fundamentalist dogma. For example, a quiz on the site asks what is meant when "the Bible says that the 'husband is head of the wife'" and when "the Bible says that the wife should submit to the husband."
The program cites biblical passages to support its views, in one case asserting that a section of the Book of Peter means that women should win over their husbands with a quiet spirit. Even the group's logo an ambulance with a red cross and the words "Every Marriage Saved!" conveys a religious concept.
Pasted below are a couple of questions from one of the fundie marriage quizs.
For the 'correct' answer, observe Laura.
When the Bible says that the “husband is the head of the wife” it means:
The husband always has the final say on all matters.
The husband is in a position of honor above the wife.
The husband’s behavior is the model for the wife’s behavior. In other words, husbands are required to “go first” or do what is good, beneficial, and necessary first.
When the Bible says that the wife should submit to the husband, it means:
The wife should do everything the husband says.
The wife should repress her life’s goals if they are different from the husband’s goals.
The wife should stand by her husband even if he says or does something wrong.
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