ACLU Sues HHS Over Abstinence Aid
by Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 17, 2005; Page A10
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit yesterday against the Department of Health and Human Services, accusing the Bush administration of spending federal tax dollars on an abstinence education program that promotes Christianity.
Filed in federal court in Boston, the lawsuit alleges that the programs and educational materials distributed by Silver Ring Thing are "permeated with religion" and use "taxpayer dollars to promote religious content, instruction and indoctrination." [...] Read the rest at the Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/ab2qn This is also on the ACLU web site: http://tinyurl.com/dh37x
© Virginia Metze
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 17, 2005; Page A10
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit yesterday against the Department of Health and Human Services, accusing the Bush administration of spending federal tax dollars on an abstinence education program that promotes Christianity.
Filed in federal court in Boston, the lawsuit alleges that the programs and educational materials distributed by Silver Ring Thing are "permeated with religion" and use "taxpayer dollars to promote religious content, instruction and indoctrination." [...] Read the rest at the Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/ab2qn This is also on the ACLU web site: http://tinyurl.com/dh37x
© Virginia Metze
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