Why is Congress funding Christian ministries?

Because it can.

Congress returns this week to decide whether a Forest Park dance club for young people should get $150,000.... The club, which is open Friday and Saturday nights, is run by Victory Videos Ministries. It's home to "The Zone," a dance show broadcast on local TV, "a kind of Christian MTV," Hammersmith said. It has also hosted Christian rock bands such as Pillar, Bleach and Jeremy Camp.

Actually, I'm kind of curious what you guys think of this one. It's clearly pork, but is it "crossing the line of church and state" pork? The article goes on to note: "Though the line in the bill identifies the $150,000 for construction of a youth center, the money will mostly go to help train students to use the TV cameras and sound equipment in an upstairs studio." Is it wrong for the government to fund these kind of "help the youth" projects just because they're run by Christian ministries? Does it matter if the ministry, or the TV show, or the training talks about Christ? Whaddayathink?