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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,320 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 05:29 PM Jan 2020

Religion and school choice at heart of new Supreme Court battle

The battle over school-choice programs and state aid for religious schools returns to the U.S. Supreme Court this week as three mothers from Montana ask the justices to uphold a scholarship program that would help fund Christian education for their children.

The case is a major test for the balance between dueling constitutional principles: protection for religious freedom and a prohibition against government support of religion.

Union officials say the case could be hugely consequential for public schools.

“If the decision goes in a certain way, it will be a virtual earthquake,” said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who fears a blow to state funding of public education.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/religion-and-school-choice-at-heart-of-new-supreme-court-battle/ar-BBZaQ6q?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=hplocalnews

They don't have Sunday school?

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I have always felt Ohiogal Jan 2020 #1

Ohiogal

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1. I have always felt
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 05:40 PM
Jan 2020

You teach your kids your religion on your own time.

Instead of robbing public schools and giving the money to religion schools, use that money to study and fund programs that fix the public school (if there’s a problem with the public school).

If you want your kid in a religion school, pay for it yourself. Don’t expect the government to pay for teaching your kid religion.

I never understood how school vouchers were Constitutional in the first place.

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