State Subsidy of Denominational Meeting

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The United Church of Christ was scheduled to hold its biannual gathering at 
the new Hartford Convention Center...due to a labor dispute, the UCC was going 
to move the location of the gathering.  The Governor of Connecticut is seeking 
to keep the meeting which will generate dollars for the local economy.  The 
state may pick up the tab of renting a new location in Hartford, the old 
Hartford Civic Center.  Thoughts anyone on the constitutionality of a state 
subsidizing the cost of the venue for a religous denomination gathering?.....

The United Church of Christ will keep its 2007 national convention in 
Hartford, but it won't be held at the year-old Connecticut Convention Center as all 
had hoped.

Instead, following a last-minute intervention by Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the 
church will hold its event at the decades-old Civic Center, keeping its people, and 
their money, in Hartford.

"They told me that the governor wants very much to make this work, and that 
they will be taking care of the $100,000 fee for the Civic Center," said Edith 
A. Guffey, associate general minister of the United Church of Christ. "It's a 
very generous assistance, and we're very appreciative of it."


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