Faith Based Social Programs & the Threat to State-Church Separation

President George W. Bush has established a special White House Office Of Faith-Based And Community Initiatives, with the goal of subsidizing social programs administered by sectarian religious groups. Already, several cities and states have set up similar programs, so-called "faith-based partnerships," diverting tax money to houses of worship and religion-affiliated organizations which operate social outresaches.The Bush inititiative, though, would expand both the scope and cost of these programs, and seriously erode the separation of church and state in America.