Post by pavel on Feb 19, 2016 20:39:24 GMT -6
Arkansas senator goes online to privately fund Ten Commandments monument
State Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, is using an online fundraiser to privately finance a Ten Commandments monument after the Legislature last year passed a law allowing him to place the rules from the Bible on state Capitol grounds.
A GoFundMe page set up Wednesday in Rapert's name has received $950 toward a fundraising goal of $16,635. Nine donors had contributed toward the project as of Thursday afternoon.
The website states that $1,000 in donations had been received for the monument before the online fundraising efforts.
Nearly $15,700 is needed in two weeks, factoring in the recent online donations, to keep the project on schedule, according to the page.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/18/senator-goes-online-privately-fund-ten-commandment/
State Sen. Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow, is using an online fundraiser to privately finance a Ten Commandments monument after the Legislature last year passed a law allowing him to place the rules from the Bible on state Capitol grounds.
A GoFundMe page set up Wednesday in Rapert's name has received $950 toward a fundraising goal of $16,635. Nine donors had contributed toward the project as of Thursday afternoon.
The website states that $1,000 in donations had been received for the monument before the online fundraising efforts.
Nearly $15,700 is needed in two weeks, factoring in the recent online donations, to keep the project on schedule, according to the page.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/18/senator-goes-online-privately-fund-ten-commandment/