Atheist objects to $1 million for burned-out church

Atheist activist Rob Sherman says it's unconstitutional for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to give $1 million to a burned-out church.

Blagojevich has said Pilgrim Baptist Church would use the money for administrative offices and educational purposes so not to violate the separation of church and state.

But Sherman says it would. He appeared at a morning meeting of the Illinois Capital Development Board even though the governor's proposal wasn't on the agenda.

Sherman says the governor can give away money but only for secular services.

Blagojevich pledged the money because the initial $1 million he promised after a 2006 fire at the church mistakenly went to an unaffiliated school.