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If a religious organization accepts money from the government, my fear is that then the government will start regulating what that organization can do. And THAT is about as direct a first ammendment violation as you can get- telling religious organizations how to behave.

This is not an unreasonable worry. A very similar thing goes on now, under the guise of the Interstate Highway system. It was found a long time ago that it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to mandate a national speed limit. So, in order to get around that, the federal government requires that states build the interstate system, but won't pay into it unless the state obeys the national speed limit "guidelines". The state is free not to follow them, but they won't get reimbursed for building all those roads.
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Bitt Faulk