And I've welcomed the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives because it's often those grassroots groups that are closest to the problems of a community--and they are often the ones that can develop the most successful solutions.
2 man in the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. In his book, Tempting Faith, Kuo quotes White House staffers as referring to some Religious Right leaders as "nuts," "goofy" and "boorish."
Operation Blessing has received $1.5 million in taxpayer funding through the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
As head of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Towey advocated for greater public funding of religion-based social services and for allowing those religious charities to hire and fire employees based on their religious beliefs.
James Towey, director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, traveled to the Vatican in January where he unleashed a stinging attack on defenders of the separation of church and state.
Bush used executive orders to establish the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and faith-based outreach offices in the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, Veterans Affairs, the Small Business Administration and the Agency for International Development.
Urging attendees to reject "militant secularism," Towey, director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, implored the men to "reflect together on what it means to be a Catholic man" and added, "We are called to have a personal encounter with Christ.
The Bush administration was particularly intent on moving the faith-based initiative forward in Congress because of sharp criticism from a former top-level operative in the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. In a February essay posted on Beliefnet.com, David Kuo argued that top Bush administration officials had sidelined the initiative.
James Towey, director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, also attended the meeting, as did Bush campaign strategist Karl Rove.
Other speakers included James Towey, director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Brownback and several conservative Catholic House members.
"James Towey, director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, said last year that Wiccans are unlikely to get any aid because they are a 'fringe' group whose members lack 'loving hearts.' What is this, if not rank bigotry?"
James Towey, director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, drew a rebuke from Americans United after he suggested that "fringe" religious groups such as Pagans won't get funding through the Bush administration's "faith-based" initiative.