Anti-Gay Group Got $3M From Feds

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The virulently anti-gay Iowa Family Policy Center has received over $3M in federal funding in the last five years.

In 2004 and 2005 the IFPC received a total of $850,000 from the Administration for Children and Families’ Compassion Capital Fund. From 2006 to 2009 they received $2.2 million through the U.S. Healthy Marriage Demonstration Fund, which is doled out in yearly increments of $550,000 and will be awarded to IFPC through 2011. The Iowa Family Policy Center’s 2007 tax return claims $558,337 of their $1.1 million revenue came from federal grants. ...

The funding was uncovered by local Des Moines blogger Erich Riesenberg. Aside from funding the fight against marriage equality, the Iowa Family Policy Center has said that all homosexual acts should be outlawed by constitutional amendment. Spokesman Bryan English: "This isn’t a civil rights issue. (Homosexuality) is a choice in behavior and as a Christian organization we don’t believe this is a right, it is a sin against Jesus Christ."

We have GOT to put a stop to this. I will follow this story closely and let you know what action needs to taken to ensure that no further federal money funds this hate group.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/04/anti-gay-group-got-3m-from-feds.html

I agree with Joe. We have GOT to put a stop to this.

More from the link above:

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The IFPC and its political action committee are a leading voice of opposition to same-sex marriage in Iowa. The group advocates for an amendment to the Iowa Constitution banning same-sex marriage through their LUV Iowa initiative. They also support the candidacy of Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats, who has promised to issue an executive order putting a stay on the Iowa Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage until a constitutional ban is brought up for a vote.

The group has also created its share of controversy, most recently garnering headlines when it publicly claimed that homosexual activity was “more dangerous for individuals who engage in it than is smoking,” and thus, needed to be banned via constitutional amendment.

Recipients of federal funds are bound by the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and therefore cannot discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion or disability in providing services. However, even though the Iowa Supreme Court ruled last year that a same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional, sexual orientation is not currently part of any federal civil rights language.

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http://iowaindependent.com/32199/iowa-family-policy-center-received-3-million-in-federal-fund

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1. Fucking Christians Using My Tax Dollars

to discriminate against me. Is Obama still funding this idiot FBOs? If so, start the budget cuts here.

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2. Yeah, this angers me big time

I'm going to keep an eye on it to see if there is any action I can take to fight against this.