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Crosswalk.com: A black conservative social policy activist says she thinks George W. Bush's faith-based initiative is taking the wrong approach in trying to empower churches and faith-based groups to care for the needy.

This month President George W. Bush renewed his commitment to his faith-based initiative, which would allow churches and other religious groups to receive federal taxpayer funds to assist the poor and provide numerous social services.

 

But Star Parker, founder of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), feels the president's plan is off base.

 

She questions why so many conservatives who would normally oppose the big government approach of throwing U.S. citizens' hard-earned tax dollars at poverty and related social problems are failing to speak out against a plan to get churches involved in much the same approach.

 

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