Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation: Sitting This One Out – Denying Taxpayer Standing to Challenge Faith-Based Funding
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Less than two weeks into his presidency, George W. Bush created the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI), designed to increase the involvement of “faith-based” religious groups in federal social services and to aid these religious groups in receiving federal grants.1 On the same day, he also created centers within various executive agencies to further these goals.2 Since the creation of OFBCI, its agency offices have spent at least $24 million on “administrative activities,”3 including hosting over 350 workshops and financing over 28 conferences.4 OFBCI has also steadily increased both the number and the percentage of grants received by faith-based organizations.5 Although the funding for these
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