Anonymous wrote:My prediction: Maine gets rid of the vouchers and those kids living in the sticks will need to either travel a long distance or the state will help those families transition to home schooling.

Living in remote areas has extra costs and consequences. People need to be accountable for their decisions.

+1. Yep, the second a single voucher goes to a Church of Satan elementary school the whole voucher system will be shut down. And good riddance.

Yup.

Anonymous wrote:"Nevertheless, the plaintiffs seek an expansion of Espinoza, claiming that policies which require religious families to “choose between their religious beliefs and receiving a government benefit” are unconstitutional — and that Maine’s tuition program forces these families to choose between “their right to tuition assistance or their right to freely exercise their religion.”"

Their RIGHT to tuition assistance? Wow. They seem to have a lot of rights and yet have no problem dismantling those of others.

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There is a right to education. Not a right to religious PRIVATE education.

Not just more religious privilege but CHRISTIAN privilege. God forbid it is a Muslim or Jew or Hindu or atheist.

My prediction: Maine gets rid of the vouchers and those kids living in the sticks will need to either travel a long distance or the state will help those families transition to home schooling.

Living in remote areas has extra costs and consequences. People need to be accountable for their decisions.

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Propaganda makes people dumb, that why.

Alternatively, they dont believe the government is dismantling church and state separations. The government cant favor a religion. That doesnt mean that can DISFAVOR it and not provide similar benefits solely on the basis of religion.

If they schools dont meet the state standard of education then it isnt about religion!

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Anonymous wrote:

Propaganda makes people dumb, that why.

Alternatively, they dont believe the government is dismantling church and state separations. The government cant favor a religion. That doesnt mean that can DISFAVOR it and not provide similar benefits solely on the basis of religion.

The state does not provide a public school for these parents. They get vouchers. If they get vouchers to only attend other publics this argument should not have been won. But, they do allow vouchers to be used for private schools. In our area religious schools would include Sidwell, St. Albans, NCS, etc. My assumption is that most people on this thread would be fine with those schools, they would cheerfully select the schools that fit with their view of the world, but not others.

I think this decision is a slippery slope but can’t fault the decision was reasonable given the situation in Maine.

They also want poor people to have as many kids as humanly possible, so wages can go down.

maintain and grow power structure.
Stop a world where their sons have to compete with women for jobs.

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Propaganda makes people dumb, that why.

Anonymous wrote:The right is always trying to force their RELIGIOUS LIFESTYLE and AGENDA down our throats like we should have to live our lives based around their beliefs or just accept that they come to our doors trying to recruit us into their cults.

Oh, the irony.

Anonymous wrote:This was a narrow case that’s probably not applicable to other states or situations.

Something like half of Maine counties don’t have a high school, so instead they provide vouchers to neighboring districts or private schools. Except they couldn’t give a voucher to a religious high school. Considering distance is a factor, you might want to attend a local religious high school rather than driving to other counties to attend a non religious private.

I think that vouchers should be able to be used at any accredited high school, religious or non religious.

I’m curious about other situations. My federal insurance paid for my births at Catholic hospitals. Are religious rehabs never covered by taxpayer funds?

How is birth synonymous with rehab? And yes federal insurance pays for your birth but Catholic hospitals control the procedures they will perform. For example, they normally wont provide contraception or sterilization AND they receive federal funding.

They will only provide healthcare based on their interpretation of services and most dont have the limitation to these services posted.

Its a crock. Always has been. They dont pay taxes but get money from taxpayers. They provide care but restrict access to life saving procedures.

And yes IF a school is accredited thats fine- it meets the standards of non-religious education. If you choose to add religious education on top, fine- but half-a$$ should not be tolerated.