"I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for the better.  I understand in the past, some in government have said government cannot stand side-by-side with people of faith.  Let me put it more bluntly, government can't spend money on religious programs simply because there's a rabbi on the board, cross on the wall, or a crescent on the door.  I viewed this as not only bad social policy -- because policy by-passed the great works of compassion and healing that take place -- I viewed it as discrimination.  And we needed to change it."