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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President George W. Bush's establishment of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives suggests that he believed in the interpretation of the establishment clause that allowed religious organizations to compete for federal grants to provide federally funded social services, as long as the government did not take sides among competing religions but was still able to support religious institutions. This interpretation permits some government support for religious institutions while also avoiding the establishment of an official state religion.