Obama's Faith Based Initiatives

I have to say I am very torn regarding the news about Obama supporting Bush's faith based initiatives...

Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday that if elected president he would expand the delivery of social services through churches and other religious organizations; the announcement was a vow to achieve a goal he said President Bush had fallen short on during his two terms.

When I first heard this I was quite upset, but this made it a little better...

"If you get a federal grant, you can't use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help, and you can't discriminate against them — or against the people you hire — on the basis of their religion," Obama said. "Federal dollars that go directly to churches, temples and mosques can only be used on secular programs."

Of course I will still vote for him, because he is way better than the alternative. But I am still pretty upset about all of the blatant pandering to the religious. But maybe it's what he needs to help him win...