alt.education

In article < @ > Wide Eyed in Wonder writes:
> On Aug 27, 4:36 pm, Peter Franks wrote:
> > Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:
> >
> > > The power to tax is the power to destroy. Do you know who said that?
> > > The Supreme Court said that and was an important factor in the court
> > > decision to not tax churches (since by taxing they could destroy a
> > > church). Thus, the use of money to control churches was stripped away
> > > from government....or was it.
> >
> > > Now, the government is telling religious colleges and schools that
> > > they can have aid for their schools...
> >
> > What is the legitimate constitutional basis for the federal distribution
> > of "aid for their schools" for ANY school, secular or religious?
>
> To deny ALL the religious funds SOLELY on the basis of their being
> religious would be to A>admit to religious discrimination by the
> government

Religious discrimination is written into the Constitution.

Or more accurately: limitations on government actions wherever
religion is involved.

Don't like it? Try to get an Amendment passed.


-- cary