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School vouchers come in many forms, but all of them would provide parents with money to spend on the schools of their choice. We all want to provide our children with the best education possible -- but are voucher programs tools of change or misguided panaceas?
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The Religious Right’s Support of School Vouchers
Stop arguing against the religious right!
Have you taken a moment to consider that a large base of support for school vouchers comes not from the religious right but from a broad swath of parents and citizens who are not of the religious right?
I'm a about as hardcore of an atheist as you could imagine, but I support school vouchers. The reality is that any funds distributed through any program can be diverted into religious organizations. People who are on any form of public assistance can tithe their church or religious establishment. Thousands of elderly pool their social security money and tithe to churches and personal interests.
While my ultimate ideal would be to abolish public schools altogether, the reality is that a school voucher is the next best thing *without* violating the separation clause when the vouchers are given to parents and not to the schools directly.
- sumwatt July 24, 2008 1:44PM
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