School choice decision is a victory for children

TownHall.com ^ | 6/28/02 | George Will

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WASHINGTON--Happily, the number seven was not lucky on Thursday for the disgustingly determined and mostly liberal people who oppose extending to poor parents the right of school choice that is routinely exercised by middle-class Americans, including many liberals. In the most important case concerning equality of opportunity in the 48 years since the school desegregation decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Cleveland's school choice program, which empowers parents to redeem tuition vouchers at religious as well as nonreligious private schools, does not violate the constitutional prohibition of ``establishment'' of religion. It was the seventh consecutive defeat in the court for the enemies of choice, whose tenacity is inversely proportional to the morality of their cause. They have again failed to get the court to rule that the separation of church and state is violated by any program in which an individual is allowed to direct public funds to religious schools or programs. Dare one hope that Thursday's ruling, although 5-4, will nevertheless be decisive, and that the anti-choice forces will relent in their campaign to continue blighting the lives of poor children?

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[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

G. Will: "Many liberals are ``pro-choice'' only about killing unborn babies. Not about owning guns, driving large cars, wearing fur, smoking cigarettes, privately investing a portion of their Social Security taxes, saying the unedited (by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit) Pledge of Allegiance, and on and on and on."

LOL! Amen!

[The Raven]

...It has been well said that really up-to-date liberals do not care what people do, as long as it is compulsory.

I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!