Helping the Homeless - Is it "the Church's" or the Gov't's responsibility?

[pirepresent]

Sorry to barge in on your thread, but this is something I feel strongly about - I think GW is totally copping out by trying to create exclusively "faith-based" charities. It is the responsibility of the government to protect ALL of its citizens, including the homeless and low-income citizens. I dont understand how Bush thinks its okay to spend billions of dollars on space exploration, but yet he can forsake his own citizens... completely useless.

I think its wonderful when religious organizations work to give back to the community, but the churches should not have to bear the burden of GW getting into the war in Iraq WAY more then he anticipated. Many churches, locally and globally, are struggling just to stay afloat, including my own. It's not the responsibility of the church to bail the government out of it's own debt.