Save the church from the state:

"After weeks of prodding by Republican lawmakers and the American Red Cross, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said yesterday that it will use taxpayer money to reimburse churches and other religious organizations that have opened their doors to provide shelter, food and supplies to survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

FEMA officials said it would mark the first time that the government has made large-scale payments to religious groups for helping to cope with a domestic natural disaster."
FEMA plans to reimburse faith groups for aid

Thought #1:
Um, shouldn't the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives take on this responsibility? Doesn't FEMA have enough to pay for already?

Thought #2:
Somethin' wrong here . . . Taxpayer money will go into reimbursing churches? We think . . . the Founding Fathers really would not have approved of this - BECAUSE:

1. By nature, this is what churches exist to do - help people (regardless of what the government does).
2. Churches are to be funded by their parishioners and the higher religious institutions that oversee them.
3. And, most importantly . . . Religious institutions should never by reliant on the government for ANYTHING. (It is our understanding that religion should seek to separate itself from government in order to maintain it's freedom - from regulation, restraint, restriction, etc, etc).