John Bel Edwards: “The gentleman has made my point better than I could make it. He is saying that under 'the Bush administration,' they…”

“The gentleman has made my point better than I could make it. He is saying that under 'the Bush administration,' they would pick out which religious organization qualifies for Federal tax dollars and which ones would not. That is exactly what Mr. Madison and Mr. Jefferson did not want when they founded the basis of the Bill of Rights. They did not want politicians and government officials deciding which religious organization receives official government approval and which ones do not. I would suggest that providing direct Federal tax dollars to let group discrimination based on religion is a reason to oppose this amendment.”