ACLU targets Louisiana state grants to churches

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ACLU targets Louisiana state grants to churches

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against Louisiana's governor and state treasurer, challenging taxpayer-funded government grants to two churches.



The gifts of $100,000 to the Stonewall Baptist Church in Bossier City and $20,000 to Shreveport Christian Church are among 14 appropriations state lawmakers requested for churches in the budget signed into law last month by Governor Kathleen Blanco.

Charging that earmarking church-related grants in the state budget is unconstitutional and that the purposes of the grants are only vaguely described, the ACLU had warned Blanco to veto them or face a court challenge.