Posted on Dec 8, 2021
Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools
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The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative supermajority seemed poised Wednesday to hand school choice advocates a major victory, and potentially a large expansion of state programs required to fund religious education.
The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education.
Maine is a state so rural that a majority of its school districts do not have a high school. The way the state has dealt with that problem is to contract with existing high schools to accept students from from districts with no high school, and in addition, to pay the same amount to non-sectarian private schools to pick up the slack. What the state will not do is pay the same tuition for students attending religious schools.
School choice advocates have long sought ways to promote equal treatment for religious schools with taxpayer funds, and they had a willing audience in the court's six conservatives, five of whom attended religious schools. All signaled that they too view Maine's refusal to fund religious schools as unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative supermajority seemed poised Wednesday to hand school choice advocates a major victory, and potentially a large expansion of state programs required to fund religious education.
The handwriting on the wall came during a nearly two hour argument involving a challenge brought by two Maine families to the state's unusual way of providing public education.
Maine is a state so rural that a majority of its school districts do not have a high school. The way the state has dealt with that problem is to contract with existing high schools to accept students from from districts with no high school, and in addition, to pay the same amount to non-sectarian private schools to pick up the slack. What the state will not do is pay the same tuition for students attending religious schools.
School choice advocates have long sought ways to promote equal treatment for religious schools with taxpayer funds, and they had a willing audience in the court's six conservatives, five of whom attended religious schools. All signaled that they too view Maine's refusal to fund religious schools as unconstitutional.
Supreme Court signals further erosion of separation of church and state in schools
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It all started when they added "Under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance!
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Well, it looks like there will be 13 judges pretty soon. I'm sick of evangelicals and fascist running our country.
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SMSgt Bob Wilson
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Good. Maybe some of these teachers will get off their butts and teach. Maybe some of these Principals will get off their butts and support the teachers and enforce the school rules. It starts with TAKING THE PARENTS TO COURT and forcing the parents to take control of their child[ren].
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SMSgt Bob Wilson
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1SG Dan Capri - Dan, parents is the missing part of the equation. Many parents don't care about their children's future. The government throws money at it [and have for the last 50+ years] with very little results. The "Great Society" programs of the Johnson Administration were suppose to "end poverty". It developed an "entitlement society". Part of the program was educational improvement programs--pre-school classes, specialized classes to get students caught up [reading classes, math classes, etc]. Summer programs for students. [The results was as expected--mixed, depending on the availability of the local staff and local school boards. In the 1980s the teacher's unions begin to grow [mostly as a result of low pay] and mushroomed into what it is today.
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SMSgt Bob Wilson
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Randy, What are 13 judges going to do? The problem now is to many people want the government to employee them, feed them, house them, and pay them more than they are worth. You paint a broad picture from fascist to evangelicals. What end of the spectrum are you on this week?
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