Posted on 06/27/2002 10:21:37 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Constitution permits parents to pay parochial-school tuition with government vouchers, effectively legalizing the "school choice" concept.
"Vouchers provide choices to poor families who otherwise had no option," Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist said as he announced the final decision of the court term, a 5-4 ruling that resolved a decade of legal bickering over whether such aid supports religion in a manner prohibited by the First Amendment.
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Noooooo... Why would that be?
... called the decision, which approved the Cleveland program, a "wrecking ball" to the separation of church and state, and a threat to public education.
A threat? I hope it's more like a bullet to the back of the head.
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