REPUBLICAN RELIGIONIST NUTS HAVE SHREDDED THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AGAIN & DISMANTLED THE WALL BETWEEN STATE & CHURCH

While the corrupt far right government demonstrates in Texas that they can't do ANYTHING right other than blovate and steal, the Republican House passed the most egregious piece of legislation in... weeks. Hard to keep up with their egregitude. In a fairly party-line vote-- so who says there are NO differences?-- The House voted today to let Head Start take someone's religion into consideration when hiring workers, overshadowing moves to strengthen the preschool program's academics and finances. Religionist panderer and arch crook, Tom DeLay and his neo-fascist leadership forced The House to approve a bill that lets churches and other faith-based preschool centers hire only people who share their religion, yet still receive federal tax dollars. Americans in favor of keeping the U.S. Constitution intact blasted that idea as discriminatory, but no one was moved to violence.
DeLay's dispute over religion eroded the bipartisan support for Head Start's renewal. The final bill passed 231-184 with only 23 Democrats voting for it.

GOP right-wingers, at the urging of extremist operatives in the White House, like Rove, contend that preschool centers should not have to give up their religious prejudices in order to receive federal grants. "Congress should not be in the business of supporting state-sponsored discrimination," said Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL). Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) agreed: "The (Republican) majority has decided to choose religious discrimination over what could have been a rare bipartisan agreement." The House passed the amendment 220-196 along near party lines, with 10 Democrats voting with the Dark Forces of Fascism to destroy one of America's most important and cherished rights.