Non-Evangelicals?

Lest we think the only moral idiots are at the Vatican:

Worldmagblog reports (see the 12/12 and 12/9 entries) Fuller Theological Seminary has received a federal Department of Justice grant of $1 million to develop an interfaith code of ethics that would "prohibit proselytizing for two years and ask Christians and Muslims not to say things that would offend each other." Apparently the grant was instigated by Democratic representative Adam Schiff and was tagged for use in a "conflict resolution program."

World Magazine's reporter is still investigating, but in the meantime Worldmagblog asks these very poignant questions:

Why are government funds going to create religious codes? Why is an evangelical seminary pushing for Christians not to proselytize? Why is a new code needed, anyway? Last May the Institute for Religion and Democracy, a broad Christian group, published Guidelines for Christian-Muslim Dialogue: The guidelines emphasize rights of evangelism that some evangelicals are apparently willing to concede.

A million dollars for a speech code against criticizing Islam and sharing one's faith. Your tax dollars at work.

This is a developing story, but while we are awaiting more facts, you can use our Take Action page to bring this grant to your representative's attention and ask for answers to Worldmagblog's questions. The response should be ... interesting.

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