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Posted 12/14/2001

> Ramadan Awareness
(Transcript of Dr. Robert M. Franklin's commentary broadcast on National Public Radio Broadcast, December 12, 2001)

Ramadan represents a firm and gentle challenge to people who find it easier to profess than practice their faith. It challenges us to recall that the God of Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad invites people to experience life more fully through simple disciplined acts such as prayer, fasting, meditation, study, and service.


Posted 10/18/2001

> Are Democrats Putting Politics Over the Needy?
(The Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2001)

The crisis of the poor is as much moral as it is material. Faith-based organizations are among the most effective in supplying the spiritual resources that are so critical for the resolution of our social problems. They should not be locked out of applying for government funding.


> Give Honest Airing to Plan to Fund Faith-Based Groups - by James T. Laney and Andrew Young

An open public debate on the details of federal funding for faith-based initiatives -- whatever the outcome -- will benefit our entire society. It may even lead us toward meeting social challenges that the founders of this great nation never could have envisioned when they wrote the First Amendment to the extraordinary document that is the Constitution of the United States of America.


> The "Charitable Choice" Debate
(Faith And The City Newsletter, March/April 2001)

In January of this year, President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which seeks to expand the range of federal funding available for social services programs operated by faith-based organizations.


> Church and State: Separate;
Faith and Politics: Inseparable
(Faith And The City Newsletter, March/April 2001)

As contributing members of this free and democratic society, each of us -- along with maintaining our commitment to separation of church and state -- must take care not to separate our faith, whatever it may be, from our politics, whatever they may be.


> Matters of Faith: Religion in Public Life
(The American Assembly, March 2001)

We encourage people of faith to foster the emergence of a new American generation, one that better comprehends the significance of the increasing religious pluralism in this nation, and its implications for advancing civic dialogue.


> Bush Presents Faith As Driving Force Behind His Presidency
(CNN.com, February 1, 2001)

President Bush told attendees of the annual National Prayer Breakfast this morning that his faith influences nearly every aspect of his life, and that he believes demonstration of his deeply held religious beliefs will bring a new era of civility to the nation's capital.

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