it seems to be a Republican matter of faith that taxpayer money ought go only to their causes (like making the wealthy wealthier) and not be wasted on what is good for the taxpayers (whom they most certainly work to not be)
what do they need that money for? to excite voters and get them to the polls? I believe most people would respond better to people they know or at least who are neighbors urging them to vote for the people they know are good choices than to be bombarded by ads, mailings, emails, texts, etc.
Obviously the safe haven idea is very badly needed. So many kids get thrown away, living as best they can on the streets, usually by prostitution. For whatever reason, and they may be well justified, there are parents who can’t care for their children. A caring society would have places where these kids could be safe.
The point of separating Church and State (or as earlier expressed by a certain pre-Christian that of God’s and that of Caesar’s) was instituted in our Constitution to protect religion from state, to demand that there be no official mandated religion.
It came out so clearly in the arguments around this election that here in the US we have been doing a terrible job of teaching our young people what they need to know to be good citizens. I do believe that was the argument for public schooling in the new republic.
If these silly Americans would learn English and American History they would not need to be so afraid of words and political concepts. We really do have to improve American education.
why would taking rights away from teens be something adults do in their interest -- clearly, it is not for the benefit of these young people, so whose benefit is it for?