A lawsuit that originated in 2004 claiming the Salvation Army was proselytizing with government money has finally settled out of court. The NYTimes' City Room blog has details.
The settlement, approved by a federal judge in Manhattan, requires the numerous city, state and federal agencies named in the suit, including the Administration for Children’s Services and the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to set up monitoring systems to make sure that the Salvation Army does not violate church-state separation in its publicly financed dealings with clients.
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“This agreement protects the religious freedom of all New Yorkers who rely on faith-based organizations for crucial government-funded social services,” [NY Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman] said in a statement. “No one should be subject to proselytizing because they need foster care, adoption, child care or H.I.V. services.”
