Teen Challenge awarded over $2M of tax dollars

[Anonymous]

This is a splendid article,  http://minnesotaindependent.com/44954/m ... tate-funds
It's complete with what appears to be sensible comments... could be the next "hot topic" there in MN.

Example:

"ZNOFOB

Comment posted September 23, 2009 @ 12:41 pm Teen Challenge is just another foot soldier on the war against drugs.

Wouldn’t our tax money be better spent by not creating a class of criminal for their behaviors/habits/addictions?

Wouldn’t our prisons be much emptier and more humane in treatment of their clientelle?

And if a person really wants to destroy their lives, is it any of your business?

Religion is the bane of mans existence on this pale blue dot we call earth. It is the main reason for hatred (of other religions) and murder.

If Jesus (or name your religion here) followers would simply follow the good advice in their collective textual literatures and denounce the hatred, racism, labeling, and intolerance within the same literature, wouldn’t it be nice? But IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. Never will either.

At least someone is asking the “constitutional” questions here. Rare."

[Ursus]

Great article! I've posted it out in full, for posterity's sake, in the Teen Challenge forum:

Evangelical treatment program gets $2.4 million from state
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[Ursus]

I see that Rob Levine of Media Transparency has even responded in the Comments section:

Rob Levine Comment posted September 22, 2009 @ 1:11 pm

Teen Challenge is a favored recipient of Conservative Philanthropy money. About those "studies" that showed TC success: They only counted people who *finished* the program – not those who dropped out along the way. Sophistry.

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