One party is for religious discrimination, and the other is not

[babylonsister]

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One party is for religious discrimination, and the other is not
Posted 9:45 am



Guest Post by Morbo

There are many reasons to loath Ralph Nader. One of the reasons I loath him is that Nader persists in claiming that the two parties are the same.

What rubbish. The two parties are poles apart on numerous issues. This was dramatically illustrated this week in a House of Representatives vote you might have missed.

Head Start is up for reauthorization. Republicans tried to add an obnoxious “faith-based” amendment to the bill. This measure would have allowed Head Start providers to discriminate on the basis of religion when hiring staff or approving volunteers.

Here’s why this is so appalling: Head Start is in no way, shape or form a religious program. It can’t be. Head Start provides a variety of services to low-income children and their families. It is taxpayer funded. The only connection it has with houses of worship is that it sometimes rents space from them. This is purely a matter of convenience. The church provides space, but it does not run the program.

Republicans pushed this measure, but Democrats stopped it. On a procedural vote called a motion to recommit, the amendment went down 222-195.

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[William769]

1. Nader is the candidate of choice

Everytime you want a republican to win.

[LiberalFighter]

2. He's hoping people only remember what he did in the distant past