{"id":371,"date":"2011-02-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/faith-groups-clash-on-budget-cuts.html"},"modified":"2011-02-22T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T07:00:00","slug":"faith-groups-clash-on-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/faith-groups-clash-on-budget-cuts.html","title":{"rendered":"Faithful Clash Over Proposed Budget Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/headlines\/faith-groups-and-religious-leaders-respond-to-federal-budget-cuts\/8213\/\">Religion &amp; Ethics Newsweekly reported on PBS this week<\/a>, proposed government budget cuts have prompted heated debate between religious groups morally&nbsp;opposed to cutting&nbsp;aid to the poor and limiting the rights of labor unions, and conservatives who consider&nbsp;America&#8217;s debt a moral concern. (And, of course, there&#8217;s also the small matter of <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2011\/feb\/10\/nation\/la-na-abortion-20110211\">public funding for Planned Parenthood<\/a>, whose services include birth control and abortion.)<\/p>\n<p>Some more faith-related links on federal and state budget news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/budget-cuts-must-protect-poor-and-vulnerable-say-us-bishops\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+catholicnewsagency\/dailynews+(CNA+Daily+News)\">Budget&nbsp;Cuts Must Protect Poor and Vulnerable, U.S.&nbsp;Bishops Say <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/2011\/02\/illinois_faith_leaders_offer_s.html\">Faith Leaders Offer Sanctuary to Wisconsin State Senators<\/a> (Faith in Public Life)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/2011\/02\/polling_evangel.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+christianitytoday\/ctpolitics+(Christianity+Today+Politics+Blog)\">Polling Evangelicals: Fix Deficit With Spending Cuts, Tax Increases <\/a>(Christianity Today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hmm&#8230; what good timing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/en\/resources\/documents\/wcc-commissions\/faith-and-order-commission\/xi-week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity\/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-resources\/resources\/2011\/2011-worship-and-background-material.html\">Week of Prayer for Christian Unity<\/a> (Feb. 18 to 25)!<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Religion &amp; Ethics Newsweekly reported on PBS this week, proposed government budget cuts have prompted heated debate between religious groups morally&nbsp;opposed to cutting&nbsp;aid to the poor and limiting the rights of labor unions, and conservatives who consider&nbsp;America&#8217;s debt a moral concern. 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