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5 pages. This controversial paper will approach both sides of the argument as to whether social service programs that are religion and church-based should be allowed to be eligible for government funding. There are strong arguments on both sides. This paper will explain why faith-based social services should not be eligible for any government assistance and why the author supports that view. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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should be allowed to be eligible for government funding. There are strong arguments on both sides. This paper will explain why faith-based social services should not be eligible
for any government assistance and why the author supports that view. RELIGION IN AMERICA While it is true that America was founded on religious principles one cannot deny that
within the two hundred-plus years of our nations history that the world and the people in it have changed dramatically. The Constitution is still an outstanding and valid document
without a doubt; but can decisions made centuries ago remain in place without some semblance of changing with the times? To remain the same is to stagnate. This
is why there is such a controversy today about religion and combining it with the United States Government. In the book Religion in America: Opposing Viewpoints editor William Dudley has
compiled a series of essays that range from the very conservative to the almost outrageous viewpoints of various people and organizations. This excellent book gives very convincing arguments on
both viewpoints as to how enmeshed the government should be allowed to become in faith-based social service programs. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT FUND FAITH-BASED SOCIAL SERVICES "The government should
not fund faith-based social services" (Dudley 2001, 99) is firmly stated in Religion in America : Opposing Viewpoints. There are many reasons for this, and they all add up
to the fact that the government could wind up in more hot water than ever before if it begins allowing funds to go to religious social organizations. An article in
America Press (2001, 5) states that to allow the government to fund religious social programs would "undermine government neutrality toward religion; promote government-funded discrimination; and jeopardize the religious liberty of
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