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Critics of the OFBCI, including [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]] and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], assert that it violated the [[Establishment Clause of the First Amendment|Establishment Clause]] by using tax money to fund religion. They also argued that faith-based initiatives were used as part of electoral strategies to yield more votes for Bush and the GOP.
Critics of the OFBCI, including [[Americans United for Separation of Church and State]] and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], assert that it violated the [[Establishment Clause of the First Amendment|Establishment Clause]] by using tax money to fund religion. They also argued that faith-based initiatives were used as part of electoral strategies to yield more votes for Bush and the GOP.


For [[fiscal year]] 2005, more than $2.2 billion in competitive social service grants were awarded to faith-based organizations. Between fiscal years 2003 and 2005, the total dollar amount of all grants awarded to FBOs increased by 21 percent (GAO 2006:43<ref name=GAO2006>{{cite journal |title=Faith-Based and Community Initiative: Improvements in Monitoring Grantees and Measuring Performance Could Enhance Accountability |publisher=United States [[Government Accountability Office]] (GAO) |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06616.pdf }}</ref>). The majority of these grants were distributed through state agencies to local organizations in the form of formula grants (GAO 2006:17<ref name=GAO2006 />).
For fiscal year 2005, more than $2.2 billion in competitive social service grants were awarded to faith-based organizations. Between fiscal years 2003 and 2005, the total dollar amount of all grants awarded to FBOs increased by 21 percent (GAO 2006:43<ref name=GAO2006>{{cite journal |title=Faith-Based and Community Initiative: Improvements in Monitoring Grantees and Measuring Performance Could Enhance Accountability |publisher=United States [[Government Accountability Office]] (GAO) |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06616.pdf }}</ref>). The majority of these grants were distributed through state agencies to local organizations in the form of formula grants (GAO 2006:17<ref name=GAO2006 />).


===Establishment clause issues===
===Establishment clause issues===
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