Will the uneasy merger of church and state known as faith-based initiatives survive into the next administration? A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life examination of the candidates says yes. Every major candidate is in favor of some version of the program. The only candidate wholly opposed isn’t exactly a candidate. And he’s crazy. That’s right — Alan Keyes hates faith-based initiatives. For a more nuanced account, see the new report by Anne Farris and Claire Hughes of the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy.