New Crowdfunding Site Supports Moral Causes

"Someone is dealing with pro-family, pro-life, religious liberty issues, etc."

Conservatives of various moral backgrounds and faiths now have a crowdfunding platform of their own to turn to for help in times of need. 

As an initiative of the non-profit Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA), fundingmorality.com "provides a venue for people of faith to be supported because they will not compromise their moral and biblical convictions and who thus have been persecuted by those intolerant of traditional Judeo-Christian worldviews."

In an interview with ChurchMilitant, JIFGA founder Arthur Goldberg spoke of the site's intended mission.  

"We're going to basically have a site that will try to raise money for those who are standing up for biblical values," he said.

A press-release issued this week provided further details: 

This platform is designed to respond in a positive manner to the anti-family, anti-life, anti-religious liberty decisions of the existing "crowd funding" organizations by profiling cases supportive of traditional moral values that need assistance. ... The platform will highlight people and projects that reflect this worldview as codified in the Noahide Laws, which are premised upon Biblical values as revealed to Noah after the Flood. 

Goldberg took on the cause after his organization became the target for lawsuits by LGBT activists over his former organization providing counseling to those with unwanted same-sex attraction.

"I said, Gee, I'm able to raise this [money], but what about all the people who can't?" he told CM

"Someone is dealing with pro-family, pro-life, religious liberty issues, etc. — [traditional crowdfunding sites] generally don't want to allow it on," he explained, "or if they find out about it, they kick it off. There are lots of examples of this."

A current story featured on the site is Stephanie Packer, "a wife and mother of four diagnosed with scleroderma, a disease that attacks the lungs and vital organs."

"After her diagnosis, her insurance company stopped paying for treatments, and instead advised her — after her state of California legalized assisted suicide — that it would cover life-ending medication for her for a co-pay of only $1.20. Packer, a practicing Catholic, refused the offer," reports CM.

All donations to fundingmorality.com are tax deductible, with administrative expenses lower than that of competing crowdfunding sites. 

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