But is it possible for "all other things (to be) equal with competing or similar groups"?

If a Wiccan Coven wanted to provide services under those provisions, and they put in a comptetive bid, do you think the Bush presidency would allow them to compete fairly? And do you think the right-wing Christian groups would be silent about it if the Bush administration did allow them to compete fairly? So how could giving religious groups government contracts not be an example of the blending of church and state? If the government recognises one religion over another, how is that not the making of laws respecting an establishment of religion?