"Note that some in the Islamic community are some of the biggest supporters of vouchers."
This whole voucher thing has not been thought through properly.
If the voucher pushers had thought it through, they would realize that it is a horrible boondoggle that will be paid for by the middle class, for islamist terrorist schools and inner city religious schools. The middle class will never see a dime of the money.
Inner city schools would be worse than ever.
At least in my area (I won't say much about other areas--I'm not narrow-minded enough to make blanket statements like liberals do), there is plenty of money in the private sector for it. Such I know has been the case in at least some cities, but again, I won't apply it everywhere.
SOMEBODY does pay for the vouchers no matter what. Not to mention more government intrusion in private entities. Keep private things private.
In my own opinion, there are a good amount of kids here who have cancer or other terminal illnesses--THOSE are the ones who really don't have a choice and yet they teach us so much. Maybe THEY should get a voucher from the voucherees.
BUT I shouldn't be saying much in this forum. My battles are here--e.g. helping to make sure things like the gay agenda don't come to my own town and also that it stays the family-oriented city that it is.