The ammendment says " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercize thereof…"
This is what it says, but it has been deliberately misunderstood and misapplied to deny Americans exactly that; the right to freedom of religion.
One of the big things that has been denied to Christians under the misuse of this ammendment is parents getting to use their tax dollars to send their children to a private Christian school. How exactly would this be unconstitutional? How would this “establish a religion”?
Nope. Congress violates the 1st by making any law that would forbid you from using your vouchers or similar programs to put your kids through parochial school.
Worth noting that it’s not just CoE schools that are publicly funded here.
I was sent to a Catholic school (on paper I was CoE), where attendance of mass was mandatory as was religious education in Catholic dogma, regardless of what religious beliefs the student held. It wasn’t a private school, fully (or 90%) publicly funded, with the requirement that they also have non-Catholic students.
I’m not sure those decrying the supposed freedom of religion violations would be so happy to see Islamic schools also receiving tax dollars.
I didn’t say forcing parents to send their children to Christian school, it would be ALLOWING that choice. Without coercion, how would that be “establishing” a religion?
I think it would be constitutional to allow local tax dollars to go to the private christian or muslim or scientology school through voucher. It also think it would constitutional to eliminate all tax dollars for private schools as well.
It’s all about not favoring one religion over another, and I think this is better left to the local community to decide, not lawyers in Washington California or Texas.
Because there are no tax breaks for private (non-Christian) schools compared to private (Christian) schools.
Private Christian schools (K-12) are treated exactly the same as private non-Christian (K-12) schools.
In addition the tax exemption for post secondary education are the same whether attending a public school (college/university) as they are for attending a private non-Christian school (college/university) as they are for attending a private Christian school (college/university).
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You would have a case if private tuition in a accredited non-Christian school was deductible but tuition in a accredited Christian school was not deductible.
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It isn’t just a school issue. It’s other issues like government buildings not being able to display the ten commandments or nativity scenes. It’s teachers not being able to even mention Christ…
Unless they are also doing for all religious holidays like Kwanzaa and Ramadan then it is an example of the government choosing 1 religion over another
Thats not how paying taxes works. We don’t get a say in how it’s spent other than a vote. Just like I cant opt out of supporting the military-industrial complex by filling out where I want my money spent
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