Gov't increases humanitarian religious group funding by 42%
Posted: Feb 11th, 2013, 1:50 pm
It is hard to believe that the government could approve funding any religious organization for humanitarian work, but according to the second quoted article it has increased by 42% since 2005...I`m sorry, but regardless of the religion, they will proselytize, as it is their duty to their god to do so.
Crossroads Christian Communications, Anti-Gay Religious Group, Gets Funding From Government To Work In Africa
CP | By Lina Dib and Fannie Olivier, The Canadian Press
Posted: 02/10/2013 1:44 pm EST | Updated: 02/11/2013 8:27 am EST
OTTAWA - An evangelical organization that describes homosexuality as a "perversion" and a "sin" is receiving funding from the Government of Canada for its work in Uganda, where gays and lesbians face severe threats.
The federal government has denounced virulent homophobia in that East African country and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has condemned plans for an anti-gay bill that could potentially include the death penalty for homosexuals.
At the same time the government is providing $544,813 in funding for Crossroads Christian Communications — an Ontario-based evangelical group that produces television programming — to help dig wells, build latrines and promote hygiene awareness in Uganda through 2014.
Until Tuesday, the organization's website carried a list of "sexual sins" deemed to be "perversion": "Turning from the true and/or proper purpose of sexual intercourse; misusing or abusing it, such as in pedophilia, homosexuality and lesbianism, sadism, masochism, transvestism, and bestiality."
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/10/crossroads-christian-communications_n_2658076.html
Ottawa to review its funding of anti-gay religious group working in Uganda
Canadian Press | Feb 11, 2013 9:43 AM ET | Last Updated: Feb 11, 2013 10:18 AM ET
OTTAWA — Shortly after it became public knowledge an evangelical organization that describes homosexuality as a “perversion” and a “sin” was receiving funding from the Government of Canada for its work in Uganda, Julian Fantino announced on Twitter the funding was under review....
!!This SHOULD NOT be acceptable!! --- ...A study by the Canadian Research Institute on Humanitarian Crisis and Aid concluded that, between 2005 and 2010, the funding for religious non-government organizations increased 42 per cent. Secular groups saw an increase of five per cent.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been asked about that disparity. “We consider the efficiency of projects,” Harper replied during a Montreal news conference last month. “(We) do not consider the religion of groups promoting these projects.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/11/canada-to-review-its-funding-of-anti-gay-religious-group-for-work-in-uganda/