As much as a nut job Gary North is (I was doing Y2K remediation in 98 and 99 so I'm real familiar with that old kick of his...), he is actually correct about the above generalization. It has been my observation that there is, in fact, no nuetrality with respect to religion, law education or government.
Now, being a Catholic, I rather dislike the idea of a bunch of uber-Calvanists running things. And I don't particularly want to tell the Baptists what to do, either. Perhaps we could meet on the common ground of trying to get as much govt. out of peoples lives as possible, including working to drive a stake through the heart of publicly funded education. I am confident that the great many competing alternatives that would arise to provide services in an era of the non-nanny state would limit (but not eliminate, sigh) the ability of any group to inflict itself on us.
This does mean, of course, involving ones self in the political process; for the express purpose of reducing the reach and authority of civil government.
As a Catholic, I like the idea of publicly funded education, as long as the funding is local.
I went to St. Mary of the Pines, in Chattawa, Mississippiin in the 11th grade. We didn't have a science teacher because she died, and there simply wasn't another School Sister of Notre Dame available anywhere that year, so the gym teacher taught us science.
She was a very nice lady who was great at basketball and played a dynamite New Orleans style boogie woogie piano, but she didn't know beans about inorganic chemistry.
When it was time for my own kids to go to high school, I made sure we were living in one of the best public school districts in the area. We pay a fortune in property taxes, but it's worth it. Around here, housing prices actually reflect the school district. The exact same house will cost more or less depending on the school district.
People who don't like this system can opt out by moving away.
I do support the concept of vouchers, but, realistically, that would probably mean even higher property taxes, unless the private schools really are better. My kids are not going to go to a school where they can't learn inorganic chemistry because the teacher died.