Since taking office in 2003, Gov. Sonny Perdue each year has pushed for greater legal protection for the state’s long-established program of paying faith-based groups to perform social services. Last week Perdue tried again, although his chances to get support from two-thirds of the General Assembly are slim.
Perdue said his legislation is an attempt to bring Georgia’s Constitution in line with the U.S. Constitution, which his supporters say has a lower barrier to funding faith-based groups.
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