RE: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears ? GetReligion
"Karl" <[email protected]>
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Good question. I know that some charities have come under fire for 'intolerance' because they accept federal funds. I think in PMR's case, Mike raises a good point. They take regular funding, not a onetime grant in a program. But the government money is not their sole funding, so.... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter T. Chattaway Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:27 AM To: DADL (off topic) Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears » GetReligion On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Mike Findlay wrote: > No. Government funding makes you part of the government, it doesn't > matter who directed what. Its the same principle that makes > universities subject to higher constitutional scrutiny than private > colleges. So, um, did Dubya's funding of faith-based organizations violate the First Amendment? Did those organizations become "part of the government"? -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot