Major School Choice Case Comes to Supreme Court as Maine Families Fight for Religious Freedom

CBN News ^ | 12-06-2021 | Steve Warren

[Texan4Life]

On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a potential landmark case challenging a Maine law that prohibits parents from using a state student-aid program if they choose to send their children to faith-based schools.

[Texan4Life]

WASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case about whether parents may use state education money for sectarian schools, the central question will deal with religious freedom versus separation of church and state.

But lurking just below the surface is a broader battle over school choice, including voucher programs, which could grow significantly depending on how the court rules.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/07/supreme-court-religious-schools-case-vouchers/8889551002/?gnt-cfr=1

[wita]

Very important issue facing parents in most States.

The people against the State. Not a fair fight to begin with and We the People actually should be the winners. It’s our money, and parents deserve the right to spend it on the education they deem worthy.

The State generally fights against any usurpation of Public Education. Why? It’s the “business” the States owns and supports, and they don’t want any competition. One can imagine why they don’t want the very thing that will improve the quality of public education.

[Salvation]

For later.

[Othniel77]

Listening to the arguments, it is clear that this is an argument about education based on two worldviews. Either the state should solely support schools that teach from the current culturally accepted “religion” or the state should not discriminate against religions.

[WASCWatch]

I predict 6-3, or 5-4 I’m favor of the parents.

Will have huge implications across the nation. The teacher unions will be hit hardest.

[1Old Pro]

The money should follow the student. Competition would be huge for school reform.

[Sparticus]

Time to kill the anti-catholic school Blane amendments which where entirely founded on religious bigotry.

People need to unite for the separation of school and state.

[Texan4Life]

The “Business” of teaching children... stuff.

[Jacquerie]

Did you read the article?

The lead: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a potential landmark case challenging a Maine law that prohibits parents from using a state student-aid program if they choose to send their children to faith-based schools.

Near the end: Although the current law prohibits Maine from excluding schools because they are religious, Maine can still exclude parents from choosing schools that do religious things. Maine’s program was open to religious schools for a century. The Pine Tree State only changed its policy after an opinion by the state’s attorney general without any clear direction from courts or public demands for such actions, according to the IJ.