Saturday, November 27, 2004

Jails for Jesus

"Jails for Jesus" is a wonderful phrase referring to BushCo's. experiment with faith-based jails that don't use scientifically-based psychology for inmate rehab.

It is one more of the faith-based intitiatives taxpayers will shoulder in the newly passed $388 billion budget , which includes $105 million for abstinence education (an increase over 2004) for a program that doesn't mention birth control and for which there is no evidence reduces pregnancy. However, there is ample evidence it increases the Republican's Christian Right support (ka-ching).

Of course matching (abstinence education) charter schools will be needed that don't mention science, logic, reason, free will or democracy: Republicans to Push Faith-Based Legislation.





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