O My Gosh 2!

Chicken Little might be WRONG!

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/02/obamas_plot_to_destroy_t...

… “why shouldn't we want to encourage people who are already organized through their church to convert that grassroots energy into institutions helping the poor and those in need? Church-based institutions are some of the most powerful forces for helping those in need in urban poor areas, something Obama discussed at length in his autobiography, so this initiative is hardly some "capitulation to the rightwing" but one of the most obvious outgrowths of his own personal experience. In Harlen/Upper Manhattan where I live, the Abyssian Baptist Church is a major force for economic redevelopment and strengthening their efforts seems a reasonable, pragmatic choice by any progressive administration.

And the reality is that directing more money to churches that actually do such direct services to the poor will strengthen those kinds of poverty-oriented churches at the expense of rightwing churches that think just proselytizing is all that is needed.”