US Housing and Urban Development Department. (Around the States: Nevada).

Recent grants made by the US Housing and Urban Development Department show how confusing and muddled the rules become when government decides to hand over taxpayer money to religious groups trying to operate social programs.

Even with President Bush promoting his federal faith-based initiative, there is a patchwork quilt of ridiculous regulations which supposedly safeguard the separation of church and state, and still permit organizations like the Salvation Army to win government grants. The results can be ludicrous, though. In Las Vegas, the SA received $4.2 million in federal funds to construct a 60-unit housing project. While KUD had no qualms about turning money …