If vouchers are given for people to send their kids to PRIVATE schools?

Question

will the Christian private schools be forced to abandon any bible classes they have?

And how come people do not understand the concept of PRIVATE?

Answer 1

Some people don't understand that public school education really isn't free because they are being taxed and that money goes to education. Why should people that send their children to private schools have to pay twice?

Answer 2

Well, the secularists would probably try to impose their clensing on any institution that recieves monies from the government the same as they do now with public schools and their beloved imaginary Seperation Clause Issue. It matters not to them if the clause does not exist anywhere in the Constitution or that the institution is labeled as private or not, they know no bounds to their sick cause. The government has every right to fund religion, its not congress making a law establishing national religion.

Answer 3

Well, what usually happens is that, in the case of a Jewish kid attending a Catholic school, or vice-versa, he or she doesn't have to attend the religion class. The truth is, private schools will take anyone's money as long as they can pay. They also can hire any teachers they want- usually without any kind of a background check. Providing private school vouchers is not the answer. Fixing public schools is.

Answer 4

No because parents will have used their choice to send their kids to those schools. No one is forcing them to go where daily prayer and bible study happens, but if vouchers become a reality you can.

Answer 5

the vouchers people want right now aren't for private schools but for schools around your home (neighboring towns and districts)

no they wouldn't have to abandon them. if you choose to send your kids there thats what they will learn.

Answer 6

I'm not giving an opinion, just the case in which the supreme court ruled them constitutional, for anyone who wants to read it.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (00-1751) 536 U.S. 639 (2002)

Rehnquist wrote the opinion with concurrences from O'Connor and Thomas

Souter, Stevens and Breyer all wrote separate dissents.

Answer 7

yes, that is exactly what could happen. People don't seem to think that dems will ever be in power again, but can you imagine if they had control of private schools? Yes, prayer would be illegal (as it is in violation of the separation of church and state). This is the argument i used when addressing affirmative action...white men are now the minority, and I don't want to support any 'whites only' or 'men only' programs. Many don't seem to think that was a danger, but you have to look down the road. Laws don't change as frquntly as administrations, and nobody can tell me that a white man wouldn't be the first to stand up and want something special...

Answer 8

If vouchers are given for people to send their kids to PRIVATE schools will the Christian private schools be forced to abandon any bible classes they have?
YES YES YES YES YES YES, if the vouchers are paid for with public funding.

it seems it is you that has a hard time with the concept of PUBLIC FUNDS and a singular religious doctrine in the curriculum.

You people CAN NOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

if you want private religious education for your children, PAY FOR IT YOURSELF.

Answer 9

No they won't. They want to remain private in respect to what they can teach, and what they can do. But they want to be public in getting their funding. In other words, they want the handout, but they don't want to follow the laws from that hand. You can't blame them for trying though.

Answer 10

I am a liberal, send my children to private school were they receive an education including the study of christianity and bible teachings, and, think, religion has no place in public school corriculum because of seperation of church and state.