SC decision backs vouchers

External Since: Feb 25, 2004 Posts: 110

In the recent Supreme Court decision against Davey, the court gave
wording that indicates it supports giving funds to religious schools
for vouchers.

Here is the wording from the summary of the majority position...

"Moreover, the entirety of the Promise Scholarship Program goes a long
way toward including religion in its benefits, since it permits
students to attend pervasively religious schools so long as they are
accredited, and stu-dents are still eligible to take devotional
theology courses under the program's current guidelines. Nothing in
the Washington Constitu-tion's history or text or in the program's
operation suggests animus towards religion."

Thus, the Supreme Court would not have a problem with the state giving
funds to schools that were clearly religious, NOR would it have a
problem with those in the state program taking religious courses, ONLY
using those courses for vocational purposes.

http://beingone.20m.com/providence.html

External Since: Feb 20, 2004 Posts: 4011

writingken.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (K C) wrote:
>In the recent Supreme Court decision against Davey, the court gave
>wording that indicates it supports giving funds to religious schools
>for vouchers.

Not in the least. The following discusses college level education
which is a different thing than K/12 education.

lojbab

>Here is the wording from the summary of the majority position...
>
>"Moreover, the entirety of the Promise Scholarship Program goes a long
>way toward including religion in its benefits, since it permits
>students to attend pervasively religious schools so long as they are
>accredited, and stu-dents are still eligible to take devotional
>theology courses under the program's current guidelines. Nothing in
>the Washington Constitu-tion's history or text or in the program's
>operation suggests animus towards religion."
>
>Thus, the Supreme Court would not have a problem with the state giving
>funds to schools that were clearly religious, NOR would it have a
>problem with those in the state program taking religious courses, ONLY
>using those courses for vocational purposes.

Of course not. That is the status quo in colleges today. But K/12
public schools can't offer religious classes.

lojbab
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