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A priest, a rabbi, and a Greek Orthodox layperson went to the hospital the other day and a Methodist minister dissed all three with religious slurs.Sound like the start to another religious joke? Think again. Congress is seeking an IG probe over the head (a Methodist minister named Rev. O. Ray Fitzgerald) of the Spiritual Ministry Department of the National Institute of Health’s religious bigotry.The priest and the rabbi filed EEOC complaints against the Department of Health and Human Services who oversees NIH and the Greek Orthodox layperson is suing HHS.The Secretary of HHS Mike Leavitt called in outsiders to investigate but Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ) on the Appropriations Committee has placed money in HHS’s budget to conduct an IG investigation. Reps. Dan Burton (R-IN), Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) joined Rep. Rothman in a letter to Secretary Leavitt stating he needs to do more to remedy religious discrimination at NIH.Got the joke yet? Religion has no part whatsoever in our government. Way too divisive in Health and Human Services for sure. Way too divisive throughout all of history for that matter. Anytime you employ any religion in a society as diverse as ours, you are asking for trouble. Peter Nuhn

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