re: #903 Josephine

During the Q & A Monday night, a guy who called himself an atheist told Maryam Namazie that he had searched for a non-religious charity at which to volunteer and couldn’t find one (in the Toronto area). He is currently volunteering at a Jewish charity.

Maryam seemed to believe that all beneficiaries of religious charities are subject to mandatory, unwelcome proselytizing. She lives in the UK, so who knows how things are set up there? It sounds like the only nursery school or daycare she could find for her child is a Christian one and she doesn’t like that he is told, “Jesus loves you.” Again, I don’t know the situation in the England. When I was researching daycares for my child, they were all secular and either owned privately or partially subsidized by the government.

I have the utmost respect for the Salvation Army’s charity work.

I have had the great good fortune to have had dealings with Catholic Charities, and I will say that their services are available to all, and there is no proselytizing.