Missouri Governor Creates Faith-Based Study Team—Says Faith Groups Often Take Better Care of People Than "Vast Welfare Programs"
"Clearly, this is not about forcing anybody to go through some sort of religious conversion...a conversion will often occur, and nobody should apologize for it when it does."
(Jefferson City, Mo.)—The Kansas City Star reports that Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has announced the creation of Faith-Based Missouri, a team that will study how to further cooperate between state government and religious organizations. He was quoted as saying that faith groups often take better care of people than do "vast welfare programs" run by the government. (Photo: faithbasedhelp.org)
Said Blunt: "Clearly, this is not about forcing anybody to go through some sort of religious conversion...a conversion will often occur, and nobody should apologize for it when it does."
