There were other questionable grants by Horn -- giving money to reporters to write articles, funding a group on whose board he had been seated. He oversaw the failed abstinence program, and set up "Responsible Fatherhood," which sounded identical to the right-wing pet project he previously ran. On the rare occasions when explanations were sought, they sounded absurd but never attracted much attention.
In "Blowing the Whistle on Wade Horn," the Revealer wrote:
Hewing to the "traditional families" line, in which men run families and women submit to their men, Horn's policies were as objectionable as his cozy manipulation of funds. He set up programs to hand over billions of dollars to churches and right wing organizations under vague programs of marriage counseling and failed policies such as abstinence education. He effectively operated from inside the government as a banker to fund religious right policy. In the last month, others also began to take a second look at Horn. Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, wrote Right Wing "Father"land in a regular column,
As Planned Parenthood Federation of America noted of Horn on his resignation: Horn's installation of right-wing policies inside the government and bestowing them generously with funds, while starving alternatives, was being to roil. An Associated Press article noted:
Horn had stonewalled successfully for years. A legal action filed with the HHS Civil Rights division by Legal Momentum, pushed some buttons. It alleged sex discrimination in 34 or 100 programs funded under the "Responsible Fatherhood" initative, and cited the funding that went directly to Horn's old program as running as high as $5 million.
With Democrats in control of Congress, Horm may be leaving government, but hopefully he will be required to head back to the Hill to answer more questions. And opening up the Bush "faith-based" granting policies to public review is more necessary than ever. It's not just Wade Horn -- that's where the media really needs to devote its attention.
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