Topics in the News: Faith-Based Organizations
Francis Suarez on Welfare & Poverty
: Jun 25, 2023
Faith-based groups helped solved Miami homelessness
Vowing that "we will not stop until we get to zero," he credited churches and faith-based organizations with helping to solve the homelessness problem in Miami: "We did it by applying Christian values and by joining
hands with churches across the city and faith-based organizations, like Hermanos de la Calle, who have taken over 1,000 people off the streets and placed them in permanent housing."
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Source: The Christian Post on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Kanye West on Education
: Oct 9, 2020
Restore prayer in the classroom
Restore faith and revive our Constitutional commitment to freedom of religion and the free exercise of one's faith, demonstrated by restoring prayer in the classroom including spiritual foundations.
We will not hide the truth from our children, but will declare to the next generation His praises and wonder. -- Psalm 78:4
Support faith-based groups to provide vital local services, giving communities a shared purpose in government.
We will provide ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works -- Hebrews 10:24
Creativity and the Arts can be an important source of innovation and development of other national strengths and resources.
He has given them skill in all kinds of work done. -- Exodus 35:35
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Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website kanye2020.country
Asa Hutchinson on Families & Children
: Jan 15, 2019
Reformed child welfare system with faith-based partners
We have reformed our child welfare system. Three years ago, you approved $24 million additional funding for our child welfare programs, and the result is a 30 percent increase in foster beds; the result is 22 percent increase in caseworkers;
and the result is nearly 1,000 fewer children in foster care. We initiated the Restore Hope Summit where our faith-based leaders and government partners figured out ways to work together.
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Source: 2019 State of the State address to the Arkansas legislature
Ron DeSantis on Families & Children
: Oct 9, 2018
Protect faith-based noncooperation with gay marriage
Q: Support gay marriage?Ron DeSantis (R): No. Cosponsored bill to protect individuals for faith-based noncooperation with gay marriage.
Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. While Tallahassee mayor invited same-sex couples to get married there when refused in other FL counties.
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Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Florida Governor race
Marco Rubio on Abortion
: Jun 19, 2012
Expand birth control exemption for faith-based organizations
Rubio declared, "The federal government does not have the power to force religious organizations to pay for things that that organization doesn't believe in."The insurance requirement, part of the sweeping Affordable Care Act that had earned Obama
such disdain among tea partiers, allowed narrow exemptions for churches but not other faith-based organizations such as universities or hospitals. Many states have similar laws, and the vast majority of health plans cover birth control. But the issue
became a furious election-year fight, and Rubio its most high-profile combatant. "This is not about women's rights or contraception; this is about the religious liberties that our country has always cherished." "At the end of the day, it's about the fact
that now the federal government has the power to force a religion to pay for something the religion teaches is wrong." Rubio's legislation, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012, would expand exemptions for faith-based organizations.
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Source: The Rise of Marco Rubio, by Manuel Rogi-Franzia, p.177-178
Jill Stein on Welfare & Poverty
: Dec 21, 2011
Don't prevent church-based welfare, but not as substitute
Q: Should churches be allowed to provide welfare services that are currently provided by the federal government?A: We don't believe in substituting church programs for service that should be provided by government
but we never oppose having a church do one particular thing. Should the government pull back and allow churches to provide services? That quickly becomes inherently discriminatory toward anyone not affiliated with that church.
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Source: 2011 OnTheIssues interview with Jill Stein
Joe Biden on Welfare & Poverty
: Oct 25, 2007
No faith-based initiative; it ain't broke, so don't fix it
Biden expressed reservations about President Bush's faith-based initiative in 2001, commenting, "They say if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I'm not sure we're not going to break something that's already fixed." In 2004, Biden co-sponsored the
Second Chance Act; the bill, which still hasn't passed in the Senate, would, among other things, provide $15 million in federal grants to community and faith-based groups that help former prison inmates.
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Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Mike Huckabee on Welfare & Poverty
: Dec 1, 2006
Supports Charitable Choice for funding faith-based providers
Governor Huckabee is a leader in promoting family values:- Issued an executive order to state agencies recurring compliance with Charitable Choice, allowing faith-based providers access to government funds
- Led the effort to pass the nation's
third Covenant Marriage law
- Led the effort to pass "A Woman's Right to Know" legislation for women seeking abortion
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Source: PAC website, HopeForAmericaPac.org, "About"
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