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Senator
Stoner of the 6th offered the following amendment:
Amend
SR 49 by inserting on line 4 of page 1, following the word and symbol
"services;", the following:
"to
provide that the General Assembly may provide for the public funding of social
services pursuant to a contract between the state and any separate charitable
affiliate of a religious or sectarian organization; to provide conditions for
any such
contract;".
By
striking lines 10 through 13 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
"Paragraph
VII.
Separation
of church and state.
No
(a) Except as
permitted or required by the United States Constitution, as amended,
no money shall ever be taken from the
public treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, cult, or
religious denomination or of any sectarian institution.
(b)
The General Assembly is authorized to provide by general law for the public
funding of social services to be provided pursuant to a contract between the
State of Georgia or any department or agency of the state and any separate
charitable affiliate of a religious or sectarian organization. No such contract
shall be entered by the state or any department or agency of the state with any
separate charitable affiliate of a religious or sectarian organization that
advocates or promotes the overthrow of the government of the United States of
America or the principles upon which the United States of America was founded.
Such separate charitable affiliate or any religious or sectarian organization
receiving such funds shall not discriminate on the basis of religious
affiliation, belief, or exercise in the delivery or purchase of services or
goods or in its employment practices.
By
inserting in the ballot language appearing at lines 18 and 19 of page 1, between
the word "services" and the symbol "?", the following:
"and
to authorize the public funding of social services pursuant to a contract
between the state and a separate charitable affiliate of a religious or
sectarian organization on the condition that such organization shall not
discriminate in the provision of services or
employment".