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U.S. House votes to send aid to religious institutions damaged by Hurricane Sandy despite division between church and state

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National Post, February 13, 2013

Although religious institutions were eligible to petition the government for reimbursement of non-religious social services, such as soup kitchens, the apparent discrepancy in FEMA’s policy prompted the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty to declare it “discriminatory” in an eight-page report issued Tuesday.