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Teen Challenge and the faith based initiative.

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Firebird81:
Here is the history of Teen Challenge and Bush's faith based initiative. It is an interview with the very man who advised Bush about this when he was governor of Texas. Also notice that, despite claims by some of the anti-tc ranters, Teen Challenge does not qualify for funding under the Faith based initiative.

http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/ ... de=general

Michael Kincheloe:
"whereas the Teen Challenge people said it is a spiritual illness."

Even if an alcoholic stops drinking for 25 years, then starts again, he'll be at the tolerance level he would have been at if he had been drinking for those 25 years, because the disease progresses even when you quit drinking. Nothing spiritual about that.

hanzomon4:
They may not have received funding but they sure as hell jumped on the "alternative licensing" i.e. no licensing whatsoever for "faith-based" rehabs, repealed in 01 due to a flurry of abuse allegations spawned by the Roloff homes and stretched to one case(I know of) of molestation at Dallas TC

Michael Kincheloe:
Here it is:

In 1998, a boy filed suit against Dallas Teen Challenge Boys Ranch and Assemblies of God, alleging that a counselor, who was a convicted drug trafficker, sexually molested him and two other boys. The lawsuit also claimed that the ranch’s Executive Director, the church and the ranch’s board knowingly hired people with criminal histories to serve as counselors. (Austin American-Statesman, 5/13/1998)

nimdA:
Certainly anything coming out of the Bush Administration needs to be inspected with great care. Hopefully future legislation will reverse this foolhardy trend and require the appropriate inspections, licensing, and oversight that sadly appears to be so lacking in the TC shitpit group.

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