Reply #12: that's exactly the problem [View All]

you are looking at them as "your tax dollars"

i look at it this way. if a person gets welfare or other public assistance, are they prohibited from using those monies to buy something or donate or whatever to a religious institution?

no.

why? because it is not a govt. establishment of religion, when the locus of control rests with the parent.

some parents will choose parochial schools. some will choose largely secular schools, etc. as long as the "decider" (lol) is the parent, i have no problem with it.

the money is there for the child, and the proxy decider for the child is the parent. it's not like govt. is taking your tax dollars and giving it to a religious institution . THAT, i would be against.

the religious institutions (catholic schools for example) will compete with other schools, and the PARENT decides.

i'm all about choice.

fwiw, my parents chose (not with vouchers, though) a quaker school. quakers are pacifists, generally pretty leftwing, etc. they could have chosen a more rightwing religious institution, or a school that was not religious at all, except for minor ceremonial historical sense (which some of our best ivy league colleges are, fwiw). quakers are very pro GLBT if that is what you are referring to in regards to "hating" you.