Using Tax Dollars for Churches

The New York Times doesn't like the idea of faith-based initiatives,

The faith-based initiative is also unconstitutional, and fundamentally unfair, because it allows tax dollars to be used in programs that discriminate in hiring. Churches will be able to hire only Christians for jobs paid for with federal funds, and synagogues and mosques could similarly refuse to hire nonbelievers. And taxpayer-financed religious programs can, by citing their religious beliefs, refuse to hire gay men and lesbians. We are already starting to see the troubling ways in which faith-based initiatives allow tax dollars to be used. In Georgia, a Jewish man is suing the United Methodist Children's Home, which receives significant federal financing, for refusing to hire him as a therapist because of his religion. In Wisconsin, a federal judge earlier this year ordered a prison program to stop using direct government funds for a drug and alcohol addiction program that used Christian spirituality as part of its treatment.

Any comments from those who know this issue better than I do?