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OCR Page 1 of 7Richard Socarides @ EOP 05/26/99 05:32:51 PM
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LCR NEWS ALERT
PRO-GAY GROUPS SLAM GORE ON HIS PANDERING TO THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT
>From Combined Sources:
The Interfaith Alliance, "a leading organization on faith and politics that
often sides with the Clinton
administration, raised 'real concerns" 5/25 over Gore's proposal to put
more federal dollars into faith-based social programs. The group, "which
touts itself as a grass-roots organization of Muslims, Jews, Christians and
other people of faith," said Gore's idea could lead to unhealthy
competition between religious organizations and inevitable government
regulations that could affect religious freedom. And a spokesperson said
that "serious questions remain over who would decide which faith-based
organizations deserve federal dollars and which ones don't." Interfaith
Alliance Dir. of Communications Amber Khan: "We are really concerned what
the underlying message is here. We see some real dangerous problems
developing when we give federal money to faith-based organizations for a
couple of reasons." Among other things, Khan said that "some organizations,
citing religion, believe that gay people can be 'converted' to
heterosexuality, and that some militant anti-government groups also claim
to be faith-based": "Are we going to be in the business of judging whose
faith is more acceptable, because this whole idea of competing for federal
dollars is about that" (Raasch, Gannett News Service, 5/26).