Obama Halts Sermons during Soup Kitchen Meals

[The Straight Story]

Obama Halts Sermons during Soup Kitchen Meals

Faith-based organizations that accept federal funding cannot proselytize while providing social programs to the needy, under a new executive order signed by President Barack Obama. The order changes the original initiative, adopted by President George W. Bush in December 2002, which allowed faith-based social programs to receive tax dollars.

President Obama’s decree prevents soup kitchens run by churches from conducting sermons while feeding people, for example. The White House expects federal officials to monitor publicly-funded faith-based groups to ensure they comply with the new order.

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State welcomed Obama’s decision, but also was disappointed that it did not go further. Specifically, they were unhappy that the program will still allow churches to accept federal dollars and allow religious organizations to display religious art, icons, scriptures and other symbols while taking in government support.

The order also did not address the issue of faith-based hiring at religious institutions that accept federal funds.

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Obama_Halts_Sermons_during_Soup_Kitchen_Meals_101126

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Hallelujah! No more Preacher and The Slave!

Long-haired preachers come out every night,
Try to tell you what's wrong and what's right;
But when asked how 'bout something to eat
They will answer in voices so sweet

Chorus
You will eat, by and by,
In that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay,
You'll get pie in the sky when you die
And the Starvation Army, they play,
And they sing and they clap and they pray,
Till they get all your coin on the drum,
Then they tell you when you're on the bum
(Chorus)
Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out
And they holler, they jump and they shout
Give your money to Jesus, they say,
He will cure all diseases today
(Chorus)
If you fight hard for children and wife-
Try to get something good in this life-
You're a sinner and bad man, they tell,
When you die you will sure go to hell.
(Chorus)
Workingmen of all countries, unite
Side by side we for freedom will fight
When the world and its wealth we have gained
To the grafters we'll sing this refrain
Chorus (modified)
You will eat, by and by,
When you've learned how to cook and how to fry;
Chop some wood, 'twill do you good
Then you'll eat in the sweet by and by

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Information about The Preacher and The Slave

Written by Joe Hill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave

http://www.folkarchive.de/pie.html

[RandomThoughts]

2. I doubt that article is accurate.

Seems to be more of a generated response to a different post.


Although it is funny for someone to think they could stop such a thing if done for better reasons. Maybe that is the thought used, maybe its a money move on society.

Maybe something else.

[The Straight Story]

3. Kind of like bots on the net making random replies to posts

:rofl:

[pinboy3niner]

6. Goddamn bots! How dare they make non sequiter random posts!

I'd offer my Random Thought--but there would be no reason for you to take it seriously. :)

[RandomThoughts]

7. No it would not be like a random reply.

It would be a correlated reply.

although to complicated to comment on with more detail, although for a long time, posting here has some of those patterns.

[Obamanaut]

8. A reply with randomly chosen words. nt

[madrchsod]

5. it is accurate....

the link has the pdf file

[madrchsod]

4. good..now the insane right will have another talking point.

of course they will not understand that it will "protect" them. but as we know they can`t think. they can only react.

[peace13]

9. Praise god!!!

If I ever have to eat at a Federally funded kitchen I do not expect to have to listen to religious spewing of any denomination!