Reply #16: When I was younger I was told a about they years when the [View All]

Indian Reservations were handed over to the churches. All government services were given into the hands of various churches on the reservation. Kind of a faith-based initiative in the 1920-30s. So grandpa goes out and gets arrested by the constable from one church and before the family can get him out they have to be baptized. The family needs assistance with fuel for the winter - the minister agrees on the grounds that his family gets baptized in his church. So now they belong to two churches both telling them that they should not have anything to do with the other. They need warm coats so they go to another church - you guessed it. They have to join a church. While this uses the churches as an example there is a similar demand for conformity from other agencies.

In government there are set rules of engagement for services and they cannot be changed. Nor can you be denied services if you are a citizen of the United States. That is not true when you are looking at private organizations. Also at least in our state the government usually contracts with a private service provider that is certified to do the job giving us the benefit of both worlds. That is not often true of private groups. They tend to use service providers from within their organization that share their philosophy. I have control as legal guardian of my daughter so that with government I can approve of the services they provide but in most of the private charities I have had contact with they want control. They patronize the client as if they were children and have no idea of what is best for them.