Comments on: Homeland Security Faith-Based Initiatives? http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/ Bringing Fire To The Village: Your Source For Computer, Network & Information Security News from Dave Lewis, Security Blogger Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:22:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: cmurray.org » Nuns With Guns http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/#comment-13 cmurray.org » Nuns With Guns Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:04:26 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/#comment-13 [...] The actual story that accompanies the photo is about the government pushing more faith-based initiatives, without appropriation no less. No so funny.   [...] [...] The actual story that accompanies the photo is about the government pushing more faith-based initiatives, without appropriation no less. No so funny.   [...]

]]> By: Paul M. Aoki http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/#comment-12 Paul M. Aoki Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:20:09 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/#comment-12 While I am as big a fan of separation of church and state in the US as anyone else, I think you may be missing the fact that DHS has other missions besides border security and anti-terrorism. Notably, disaster relief (FEMA) - and it says "delivery of social and community services" right there. There's some evidence (see, e.g., this <a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004147.html" rel="nofollow">recent posting</a> in WorldChanging for some anecdotal observations about post-Katrina relief efforts) that faith-based NGOs are more effective than the government and their secular peers at actually DOING stuff. Is that the way it should be? No. But to the degree that you believe it is easier to get government out of the way than to fix it, this might actually make sense. While I am as big a fan of separation of church and state in the US as anyone else, I think you may be missing the fact that DHS has other missions besides border security and anti-terrorism. Notably, disaster relief (FEMA) - and it says “delivery of social and community services” right there. There’s some evidence (see, e.g., this recent posting in WorldChanging for some anecdotal observations about post-Katrina relief efforts) that faith-based NGOs are more effective than the government and their secular peers at actually DOING stuff. Is that the way it should be? No. But to the degree that you believe it is easier to get government out of the way than to fix it, this might actually make sense.

]]> By: Boing Boing http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/#comment-11 Boing Boing Sun, 12 Mar 2006 03:12:46 +0000 http://www.liquidmatrix.org/blog/2006/03/10/homeland-security-faith-based-initiatives/#comment-11 <strong>New presidential order: Homeland Security faith-based initiatives...</strong> Boing Boing reader Liquidmatrix says, Here’s is a US Presidential Order (13397) to “expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America’s social and community ... New presidential order: Homeland Security faith-based initiatives…

Boing Boing reader Liquidmatrix says, Here’s is a US Presidential Order (13397) to “expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America’s social and community …

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