Working with faith?

It looks like we now have a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Sounds awfully wrong, not to mention that church and state shouldn't mix, especially for "training people to do new jobs, or figuring out the role of faith-based organizations in combating global climate change". Also, "Members of the Council shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701B5707)..." Nice, it looks like the government needs more expenses and "projects"

From the White House' blog:

After the breakfast he announced an executive order establishing the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and talked about the role faith-based and secular community organizations will play in our economic recovery.

"People trust them. Communities rely on them. And we will help them," (Obama) said.

The President named Joshua DuBois to lead the office, and also announced the creation of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- a group of 25 religious and secular leaders, listed below.

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