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Marci Hamilton sheds no tears that white evangelicals and right-wing Catholics are now seeing federal funding ripped from their charitable organizations, because:

"White evangelicals are learning to be careful what you wish for. When religious groups obtain the right to receive taxpayer dollars for their missions, they also insert themselves into a pipeline that can be turned on and off at will."


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religionnews.com/2025/03/10/de

RNS · Defunded evangelical aid groups are reaping what the religious right sowed
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Having loyally argued for low taxes and small government for more than a generation, having deconstructed the separation of church and state laid out in the First Amendment, they now find themselves on the short end of their bargain with the GOP."

"He who sups with the devil should have a long spoon": trample the church-state dividing line, feed unabashedly at the government trough while claiming special privileges, and invite karmic retribution.


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