As the Legislative Assistant working on the separation of church and state, I am frequently engaged in battles against the efforts to allow government money to invade the religious sector.  The Faith-Based and Community Initiative uses the rhetoric of “treating religious groups as equals” to justify a desire to allow government funding of pervasively sectarian religious organizations that are providing various social services.  The problems with direct government funding to pervasively sectarian organizations are often difficult to articulate and/or understand, but Rabbi Saperstein’s interview certainly clarifies and simplifies the position of the URJ and other advocates for First Amendment Rights.