so if we use tax dollars for faith based school vouchers, can we

tax the churches? I posted this in the Florida forum and so far got no replies. Do you think they would give vouchers to send my grandkids to Scientology school? Or a Madrass? (I might have misspelled that):)

We're a Christian nation, don'cha know..... :sarcasm:

vouchers are NOT given to the schools. The recipient/beneficiary of a voucher is the student (via the parent). The "decider" (lol) so to speak is the parent. They can use it for a secular school, or a religious school.

Case after case (and I have posted some) explain that govt. cannot (generally) discriminate AGAINST religious schools any more than they can discriminate FOR them.

As long as the voucher "decider" is the parent, they aren't doing this.

That's the point that people continually miss imo - they see this as govt. giving money to these private schools. They aren't. They are giving money to parents TO spend on the (accredited) school of THEIR choice.

If 99% of parents choose faith based, or purely secular private schools, it's their decision, thus there is no govt. endorsement of a faith based (or secular) school.

I have no idea what %age of private schools are "faith based" or at least nominally religious ( Personally I went to both a quaker and an episcopalian private school), and there are certainly some that are not religious in any whatsoever.

There's also nothing preventing ANYbody from opening a school, meeting accreditation standards and becoming a school of choice for parents with vouchers. Religion (or lack thereof) plays no part.


Ultimately, there is choice involved. And the locus of control is with the parent.

nt