In article , Gunner says...

Read the First Amendment again. The

Why, I know it by heart: "...no law respecting the establishment
of religion..."

The courts take that to mean you CANNOT put granite tombstones
in your courthouse, and CANNOT fund parochial schools with
taxpayer money. Get over it.

Jim's crystal ball prediction: (and I will wager on this one)
The moment vouchers are instituted anywhere in the US, there
will be a first amendment court case that goes up to supreme
court within two years.

Btw..I know several Jewish families whose children attend Catholic
schools, simply for the superior education. They simply do not join in
the religious activities, and the schools have structured themselves
to allow such as this without making the Jewish kids feel left out.

Sure, I've seen the same thing. Difference here is that the parents
are accepting that this is a catholic school and are buying into
the situation with their own private money. My take on it is that
the instant vouchers arrive, the state now has a responsibility
to see that the money is being spend wisely. So there will be
meddling in the private schools affairs.

To put it another way, if you really want to screw something
up, put the government in charge. My fear is that by funding
private schools with public money, you won't be elevating public
schools to private standards.

You're going to be dragging private schools down into the
public sector swamp.

Jim

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