In a development that could challenge the Constitution's prohibition of any law 'respecting the establishment of religion,' the federal government will soon provide money directly to U.S. churches to help them pay pastor salaries and utility bills.
In a development that could challenge the Constitution's prohibition of any law"respecting the establishment of religion," the federal government will soon provide money directly to U.S. churches to help them pay pastor salaries and utility bills.enacted last month includes about $350 billion for the Small Business Administration to extend loans to small businesses facing financial difficulties as a result of the coronavirus shutdown orders.
Churches have been especially hard hit by shutdown orders, because many of them rely on weekly offerings that are no longer being collected. Under the Trump Administration, the federal government has already been providing funds directly to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious organizations. In 2018, the Federal Emergency Management Agency The new SBA program, however, takes federal funding of religious institutions significantly further.
Advocates for government funding of religious institutions argue that denying them aid that is available to non-religious institutions amounts to discrimination, and the U.S. Supreme Court has recently declined to challenge such support.
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