Court Strikes Down New Hampshire’s Tax-Money-For-Religious-Schools Law

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Court Strikes Down New Hampshire’s Tax-Money-For-Religious-Schools Law

June 18, 2013 By Terry Firma


On Monday, New Hampshire was the scene of a state court verdict (PDF) that struck down a recent law allowing tax dollars to flow into religious schools:


The program provided a large tax credit to businesses that contributed to scholarship organizations that paid for tuition at private schools. Though the program was purportedly designed to expand educational opportunities, Justice John M. Lewis held that the program violated the state’s constitution because it had the effect of diverting public funds to religious schools.

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“New Hampshire students, and their parents, certainly have the right to choose a religious education,” the Stafford County Superior Court judge wrote in the ruling.

“However, the government is under no obligation to fund religious education. Indeed, the government is expressly forbidden from doing so by the very language of the New Hampshire Constitution.”

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With that phrase, Lewis was referring to the Blaine Amendment that is enshrined in the Constitution of no fewer than 39 states, including his.
The amendment has a pretty fascinating genesis.


In the 1870s, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, frequently expressed his commitment to keeping tax money out of religious education. In fulsome tones, Grant praised the separation of church and state, and attacked the idea of government support for “sectarian schools” run by religious organizations.
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Good thing. Wouldn't want poor kids with no other options to have an opportunity only rich kids have at a better education.
 
Jesus freaks are better than comedy channel!
Wonder how they blot out the ugly history of Christian witch hunts!
You know burning woman at the stake.
 
Professor Baxter said:
You think they are better educated being taught that the earth is 6000 years old, dinosaurs lived with people and all species were herbivores?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-dinosaurs-lived-millions-of-years-ago-false/
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Let's see one could go to a failing inner-city public school or a far better private school. What would you choose? Yes, kids should stay in failing schools because one school teachers the earth is 6,000 years old. Glad to see your anti-religious beliefs are more important than giving young kids the opportunity of a lifetime.
 
cawacko said:
Let's see one could go to a failing inner-city public school or a far better private school. What would you choose? Yes, kids should stay in failing schools because one school teachers the earth is 6,000 years old. Glad to see your anti-religious beliefs are more important than giving young kids the opportunity of a lifetime.
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It's not a question of anti-religion. It's a question of not feeding the kids lies.

Better to put the money into improving public schools.
 
cawacko said:
Let's see one could go to a failing inner-city public school or a far better private school. What would you choose? Yes, kids should stay in failing schools because one school teachers the earth is 6,000 years old. Glad to see your anti-religious beliefs are more important than giving young kids the opportunity of a lifetime.
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It's not one school. Most parochial schools teach a rejection of science in favor of faith.
 
cawacko said:
Let's see one could go to a failing inner-city public school or a far better private school. What would you choose? Yes, kids should stay in failing schools because one school teachers the earth is 6,000 years old. Glad to see your anti-religious beliefs are more important than giving young kids the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Also, the ruling does not stop them from financing secular private education in this way.
 
tekkychick said:
It's not a question of anti-religion. It's a question of not feeding the kids lies.

Better to put the money into improving public schools.
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We've seen what spending more money on public schools have done. Nothing. I grew up in Oakland. I saw plenty of poor minority kids go to failing schools because they have no other option while rich kids go to any school they choose while their parents argue against school choice. So I saw this in general, not as a direct attack at you tekkychick, but it's anti-religion bullshit over giving poor minority students.
 
Christians are responsible for too many millions of murders by ethnic cleansing, crusades and witch (non religious freak woman) hunts. Besides the flat earth super hero stuff!
 
Professor Baxter said:
It's not one school. Most parochial schools teach a rejection of science in favor of faith.
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I went to a catholic high school. I'm not Catholic and I don't give a shit about religion. It's about opportunity for kids who don't have one otherwise.
 
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And you claim to care about black kids Toppy yet want to deny them opportunities for a better education? And you call other klan members?
 
cawacko said:
I went to a catholic high school. I'm not Catholic and I don't give a shit about religion. It's about opportunity for kids who don't one.
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Opportunity for what? They can still give tax breaks for private education.

BTW, I am not so sure this ruling will stand or should. I support school choice and market reforms to education but the wingnuts have proven they intend to abuse their kids by indoctrinating them with lies, hate and delusional nonsense.
 
Professor Baxter said:
You think they are better educated being taught that the earth is 6000 years old, dinosaurs lived with people and all species were herbivores?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-dinosaurs-lived-millions-of-years-ago-false/
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/shrugs.....well look at what a public education provides...assuming you graduated you still think more than a tiny percentage of Christians believe the earth is 6000 years old.....probably a smaller percentage than that of atheists who think all Christians believe the earth is 6000 years old.....thus proving again that on average atheists are dumber than Christians.....
 
PostmodernProphet said:
/shrugs.....well look at what a public education provides...assuming you graduated you still think more than a tiny percentage of Christians believe the earth is 6000 years old.....probably a smaller percentage than that of atheists who think all Christians believe the earth is 6000 years old.....thus proving again that on average atheists are dumber than Christians.....
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Yeah cause Christian's are gonna really give you real science and history!
White wash the crusades and witch hunts for starters.
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