We want to encourage the inspired to help the helper. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals. My administration will put the federal government squarely on the side of America's armies of compassion. Our plan will not favor religious institutions over nonreligious institutions. The days of discriminating against religious institutions simply because they are religious must come to an end.
Faith is also important to the civility of our country.
It teaches us not merely to tolerate one another, but to respect one another, to show a regard for different views and the courtesy to listen. This is essential to democracy. It is also the proper way to treat human beings created in the Divine image. We will have our disagreements. Civility does not require us to abandon deeply held beliefs.