David Foster Wallace said in an interview in the Nov issue of the Believer that people should try to see both sides of the issue, and realize that more than one viewpoint is necessary to solve our problems*. So I will try to talk about this initiative from both sides of the aisle. The leftist viewpoint is pretty obvious- separation of church and state helps us remember that every American citizen is a first class citizen, and keeps out the in creep of theocracy, which has not worked so well in the Islamic world.

I am probably being inaccurate about the right side of the aisle- any righties are free to correct me. Why don't we fund the projects we have instead of shifting to new ones? Setting up a bureaucracy for this may cost more money than anticipated. Also, government funding can lead to government control- if schools have to teach to the test to get federal funding, what will churches do? A government encroachment on the church might not be the best idea.

Ok, I feel that was a noble attempt, but I like ranting better.

*This is a paraphrase.