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It sounds like a method that FEMA may be using to pay for the materials and labor
Materials, sure. I'd prefer that the government were the ones purchasing and distributing these materials to the religuous groups, but if it must be via reimbursement, I have very little problem wih that.
But labor? Aren't these *volunteers*? How can you say that the government is avoiding problems with separation of church and state when they are paying volunteers for their work? Who gets to decide how much their labor is worth? Does a displaced resident of New Orleans get a chance to make these same wages? Finally, no matter how noble the cause, shouldn't it be up to the donors whether these groups get funded for what you're calling "further efforts?"
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