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The conservatives on the Supreme Court have ruled that Maine‘s law that only allows tax money to fund non-religious schools is unconstitutional.
Part of the argument for Maine was that the schools in question openly discriminate against homosexuals, transgender people, and non-Christians.
So, if you give any public money to private schools, you must give them to any private school, whether it’s religious or not.
My take: public money shouldn’t be going to private K-12 schools at all. The mentality seems to be: “Well, there’s no way to fix public schools so let’s take money away from them and give it to private schools.“ Which of course makes the public schools worse since they now have less money… and the cycle continues.
In Maine, the situation seems slightly different, in that some rural areas don’t have public schools nearby. Well… they should fix that instead of subsidizing private schools, IMO.
I wonder if the court would have felt differently if it was a school that banned all christians and straight kids.
Part of the argument for Maine was that the schools in question openly discriminate against homosexuals, transgender people, and non-Christians.
So, if you give any public money to private schools, you must give them to any private school, whether it’s religious or not.
My take: public money shouldn’t be going to private K-12 schools at all. The mentality seems to be: “Well, there’s no way to fix public schools so let’s take money away from them and give it to private schools.“ Which of course makes the public schools worse since they now have less money… and the cycle continues.
In Maine, the situation seems slightly different, in that some rural areas don’t have public schools nearby. Well… they should fix that instead of subsidizing private schools, IMO.
I wonder if the court would have felt differently if it was a school that banned all christians and straight kids.