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The Peach State has adopted a program that has also popped up in other states: Individuals and corporations donate money to non-profit groups that in turn grant “scholarships” (a euphemism for vouchers) for tuition at religious and other private schools. The individual or person then receives a large tax credit for the donation.
The Southern Education Foundation recently issued a report noting that at least 115 religious schools in Georgia have policies that are anti-gay. Read more …
When: 6:00 pm,
Saturday, January 26
Where: Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, 2701 Heyward Street, (corner of Heyward
and Woodrow Streets in Shandon), Columbia, SC
Barry Lynn, the Executive Director of Americans United for
Separation of Church & State, will be our guest speak at our Columbia
chapter quarterly meeting in January.
If you want to join the carpool from Augusta, contact us.
Have you seen the new Richmond County Sheriff Office‘s headquarters building at 400 Walton Way, Augusta, GA?
Are they architecturally necessary or desirable features or unconstitutional promotions of Christianity? Do you know anything about how these features came to be in a public building? Contact Americans United – CSRA Chapter to help answer this question.
Barry Lynn, the director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, is coming to Augusta as part of a Southern Tour.
At 6pm, Saturday, January 26, Barry Lynn is scheduled to speak at the Unitarian Universalist
Congregation,
2701 Heyward Street (corner of Heyward
and Woodrow Streets in Shandon) in Columbia, South Carolina. The title of the talk is “Three 800-Pound Gorillas Enter the Church-State Arena: And It’s
No Joke.”
The meeting on December 16, 2012, 5 pm, is not at the regular location, Earth Fare. Instead, it is at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta at 3501 Walton Way Ext.
