June 18, 2007
Source: The Detroit News
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/METRO/706180361/1041/LIFESTYLE04
DEARBORN -- Muslim leaders in Metro Detroit have decided not to raise private money to pay for two footbaths at a local college campus now that the American Civil Liberties Union has said the plan doesn't pose constitutional problems.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn's plan to spend $25,000 on the footbaths was criticized on conservative blogs and radio shows this month. Critics said using public money for the project would violate the First Amendment, which says governments can't favor or subsidize religions.