Discrimination: not with my tax dollars

Should government monies be used to fund religious groups?

It depends on what that group is doing. The apostle James said that religion that Gods accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Polluted by the world means taking on values that are worldly instead of godly. As Christians we are to treat all people with dignity and respect, but that does not mean that we cannot say when something is wrong and stand against it.

I've witnessed missionaries in Asia working hand in hand with the poor, and not for any earthly reward, simply to be the compassion as the hands, feet and heart of Jesus. They were working with people that others had given up on, and in the process put their health at great risk.

So there is a synergism between Government and religious groups that the Government recognizes. Sometimes these groups go where others can not or will not tread. And in the case of this group that I was privileged to see, they worked in a Muslim region in which the only means of witnessing to their faith was in Christian acts of service to those less fortunate than you or I.

As for discriminating, the kind the question identifies, 'those against discrimination based on sexual orientation' there are certain things that faith in God teaches. It teaches us to discriminate between things that are morally right and wrong. So here are a few questions for you:

What is the highest form of authority that you can appeal to in judging right and wrong? How do you know this is true?
Do you not think that truth is discriminating? Does it not discriminate against falsehood?

No taxation without representation was the rallying cry of America's fledgling nation yet now it seems the Government is happy to use taxes to try to force the Catholic Church to have its own hospitals, social welfare organisations and schools abandon what they represent.
There is no need to try and force Catholic institutions to betray what they represent It is bigotry and religious persecution and an abuse of catholic taxes.
Many of these institutions were originally built with no Government funding at all Government funding only came in in the last half 50 years before that every brick was paid for by the sheer blood sweat and tears of catholic people.The same applies to other religious denominations.