tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post8579048546052292772..comments2024-03-28T11:57:21.902-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: ME: Another Assault On The Church State WallPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-63236413754306276642021-06-07T09:00:38.488-04:002021-06-07T09:00:38.488-04:00@Blue Cereal, They are apparently averse to any ac...@Blue Cereal, They are apparently averse to any accountability for religious schools. The "choice" leader in the Indiana House recently said that, for voucher accepting schools the "accountability is by choice." It's the old "people will vote with their feet" argument that if a school is "bad" people won't choose it. Public schools get regulations and accountability (some of which are appropriate and necessary), but private schools don't because, "choice."<br /><br />I have a hunch that they don't believe in any public services paid for by taxes and overseen by a local, state, or federal government (except perhaps for a military).<br /><br />I also think that they probably don't accept the concept of "separation of Church and State". Many are "this is a Christian nation" supporters who think that the country was founded by a gaggle of Christian ministers and perhaps Jesus himself.<br /><br />Full Disclosure: I also donate monthly to Americans United for Separation of Church and State.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854925612517206979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18353147702015278842021-06-06T05:23:11.574-04:002021-06-06T05:23:11.574-04:00The amusing Iowa Satanists aside, one of the bigge...The amusing Iowa Satanists aside, one of the biggest intentional blind spots of the whole "school choice" movement is that by and large there are only two types of private school - a handful of secular options, and the rest are some flavor of Christian. Most faiths lack the resources and sociopolitical power to establish their own schools. There may be a few Latter Day Saints Academies here and there (I assume), perhaps an Islamic Elementary or two, but the vast majority are Catholic or Protestant. <br /><br />The Court likes to pretend that "school choice" embraces this marvelous diversity. Conservative justices go out of their way to include examples in their written opinions which are entirely theoretical, as if all the little children of Podunk, Alabama, are gathered around the kitchen table with their enlightened parents looking over a list of Hindu, Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness, Bahai, Islamic, Jewish, Sikh, and other local educational institutions, seeking the best fit for their academic strengths. It's nonsense, and they KNOW it's nonsense, which is part of what makes it so maddening. <br /><br />You've hit on the central issue in your summary above - the aversion to even basic accountability for religious private schools. While there MAY be an argument to be had over any government funding to teach religion specifically during the day, we should at least be able to assert that schools receiving public tax dollars (through whatever scheme the state designs) teach legitimate history, science, etc. Instead, legislators walk a gaslit line between asserting that it's all about academic quality, but also it's really about freedom of religion to teach kids any weird conspiracy nonsense they like without any accountability, so here's your check. Blue Cerealhttp://bluecerealeducation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-36464569008541227362021-06-04T19:25:01.032-04:002021-06-04T19:25:01.032-04:00Ugh. This is why I donate to Americans United in t...Ugh. This is why I donate to Americans United in the Separation of Church and State. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com