Hi Susan and all: No bashing intended but John Ashcroft scares the daylights out of me and to a lesser extend so does our new president's administration. They (The administration) are attempting an end run around the constitution with their policy of using tax payer dollars to fund church groups under the guise that they are better able to help people than the government agencies in place. Maybe they are, how ever, will these funds go equally to all religious agencies or will only the WASP agencies get the gravy? We are a diverse culture and we are made up of many different religions. And as pointed out, people who choose not to practice religion. I respect the conviction that Mr. Ashcroft has in his beliefs but he strikes me as being too far to the religious right to be unbiased in his application of the law and I suspect he will actively campaign to overthrow Rowe V. Wade. I am no fan of abortion but I pray he abides by the constitution. I am not certain he can, and I pray to God that I'm wrong. If I'm not we in the United States could be in for a theocratic dictatorship. While i found parts of the thread amusing, it also brings foreboding. Kindest reguards, Neil