rode_kater wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 11:37 am
Note: this is a completely separate issue to whether religious schools can get funding. You can't discriminate on religion, so they get the same funding under the same rules as an equivalent school that is not religious.
Ah, but that only applies to Christian schools. Other religions can exist, but they have to stay out of the way and sight of the Chrisitans, so as not to offend them.
If we allow for public funding of religious schools, then we must allow for public funding of all religious schools, regardless of religion... somehow I doubt the Tennessee legislature would abide their tax dollars going to a private school centered on the ideals of say pre-Christian paganism, Islam, witchcraft, or any other creed.
In fact, this has been tried once before (and failed). A small example being where they tried to introduce study on the history of Islam and compare it to the history of other religions... the local community had a big issue with that.
The story is old and many links no longer work.... but you see with your own eyes...
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2015 ... tol-tenne/
So you see, as many have told me personally, and with this protest, most [Christian] Tennessee parents have no issue whatsoever mandating the bible in school, in fact I hear them comain almost every day that the mandate should be enforced, but only the bible.. No other religions are allowed. Any politician that tries anything else won't be a politician for long.
So the only compromise we can strike is to keep tax dollars out of religious indoctrination, and let the churches handle it. And in return, they [the churches] pay no taxes.
But give someone an inch and they want a mile... the extreme religious right won't stop until we have a full blown Christian theocratic form of government.... just like in the middle east (ISIS)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blitz
And if you think they're going to tolerate your prairie dresses Ralph, think again. You already can't wear them out and about... why is that? Think about it.. imagine your community having actual legal power over you in this regard. How many church members, pastors, and wives have forbidden many of us to wear skirts in their presence.... or "asked us nicely" not to do so...
Given the legal authority, you know damned well they would ban it outright with possible criminal consequences....