Should federal funds be given to faith-based (religious) organizations and initiatives?
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Positions are categorized as Pro (Yes), Con (No), Not Clearly Pro or Con, or None Found. Candidates who have withdrawn or who no longer meet our criteria are listed last. Pro (Yes) Con (No) Baldwin, Chuck (Cst) – Not Clearly Pro or Con Chuck Baldwin, Founder and Minister of the Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, FL, issued the following statement through his Communications Director, Mary Starrett, in an Aug. 11, 2008 email to ProCon.org: “Only those duties, functions, and programs specifically assigned to the federal government by the Constitution should be funded. We call upon Congress and the President to stop all federal expenditures which are not specifically authorized by the U. S. Constitution, and to restore to the states those powers, programs, and sources of revenue that the federal government has usurped.” Aug. 11, 2008 Chuck Baldwin Top Barr, Bob (Lib) – Pro Bob Barr, former US House Representative (R-GA), stated in a June 28,