When President George W.Bush established the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001 to allow religious organizations to compete for federal grants to provide federally funded social services,he was likely relying on which interpretation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment,establishing the separation of church and state?

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The establishment of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives suggests that President Bush was relying on the interpretation of the establishment clause that allows the government to support religious institutions and organizations as long as it does not take sides among competing religions. This interpretation is known as accommodationism, which argues that the government can work with religious groups to provide social services as long as the assistance is neutral and non-discriminatory. This view is different from the strict separationist interpretation, which argues that there should be a wall of separation between church and state that government cannot breach.