Jews against Boehner

David Harris on NJDC blogged What Every American Jew Should Know About John Boehner

1. For School Prayer and Amending the Constitution: Rep. Boehner supported a school prayer amendment to the United States Constitution in 1997; voted to permit school prayer "during this time of struggle against the forces of international terrorism"; and voted to only allow federal aid to schools that allow prayer.

   Why should a Jew oppose prayer? Don't Jews pray? There is nothing that Boehner has said that would restrict prayers to Christian Prayers.

2. For Forced Religion in Anti-Poverty Programs: Rep. Boehner voted to permit taxpayer-funded anti-poverty programs to require aid recipients to join in religious activities.

   Actually what he supported was allowing faith-based organizations, including Jewish organizations to participate on an equal footing with secular organizations.

3. 100% Against a Woman's Right to Choose: Rep. Boehner received a "0%" pro-choice score from NARAL Pro-Choice America in 2005.

   Jewish babies are being aborted every day.

4. For Religious Employment Discrimination: Rep. Boehner voted to permit taxpayer-funded anti-poverty programs to engage in federally-funded employment discrimination.

   As indicated above, he favors allowing Faith Based organizations to participate on an equal footing, and if a Jewish organization decides to participate, it would be able to require its employees to be Jews

5. Against the Rule of Law in Ten Commandments Case: Rep. Boehner voted to prevent the Justice Department from enforcing a court order to remove a 5,000 pound Ten Commandments monument from Alabama's state supreme court.

   The 10 commandments come from the Torah.

6. Against Common-Sense Environmental Safeguards: Rep. Boehner voted for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

   Environmental risks are minimized, and it would make us less dependent on Muslem controlled sources of oil.

   voted to gut the Endangered Species Act; and voted to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act.
7. For More Religious Employment Discrimination: Rep. Boehner voted to permit taxpayer-funded job training programs to engage in religious discrimination when hiring and firing employees with federal funds.

   As discused twice above, Faith Based Jewish groups would be as eligible as Christian groups to bid to participate.

8. Against Confronting Proselytizing at the Air Force Academy: Rep. Boehner voted against an amendment to squarely address religious coercion and proselytizing at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

   They may have gone overboard at the AF Academy, but the amendment to "address" it went overboard the other direction.

9. Led the Effort to Inject Religious Employment Discrimination into Head Start: Rep. Boehner added a controversial amendment in September to a previously bipartisan School Readiness Act which would "allow federally funded early-child-care providers to discriminate on religious grounds"

   This is the 4th (of 10) objections to allowing Faith Based organizations to participate on an equal footing with secular groups.

10. Pushed Ohio Schools to Embrace "Intelligent Design:"

    Genesis is a part of the Torah.