American Theocracy, Pt. II

File this one under "what the hell?"-

WhiteHouse.gov: Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Part (a) of Section 1 states:

The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) shall establish within the Department of Homeland Security (Department) a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (Center).

Section 2 states:

Purpose of Center. The purpose of the Center shall be to coordinate agency efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and other community organizations in the provision of social and community services.

Read the link above for full details. And, no, I am not making this up.

Why is the Dept. of Homeland Security involved in this sort of thing at all? Do they hope God will prevent their further incompetence with hurricane season approaching? First duct tape, now this. Is the President promoting a faith-based approach to the war on terror? That would explain a lot. Because with him in charge, we haven't got a prayer.

Am I the only one who think this Order reads like an Onion article?