Church-State Wall Is Flimsy
* Re “Bush Indeed Breaches Church-State Wall,” Orange County Voices, Feb. 11:
Judith F. Daar’s column has reinforced my belief that many lawyers live in the land of Oz. Daar makes it sound as if no taxpayer dollars should end up in the coffers of religious organizations because that would violate the 1st Amendment.
Isn’t Daar aware that veterans have been using G.I. Bill funds to go to religious colleges where religion classes are taught, and that federal Medicare funds are paid to Catholic hospitals where nuns roam the rooms and corridors of the hospital praying for the patients? For that matter, churches enjoy a tax-exempt status, which is just another way of providing religious institutions with taxpayer dollars.
CHARLES E. SYLVIA
Los Alamitos
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