What? You mean forcing my religion on others opens the door to have theirs forced on ME!?

[veronica_rich]

Reich-wing lawmaker expresses amazement there are religions other than Christianity in God's America

If this is true, on the one hand, I hope there's some more squirming to watch; on the other, I get really weary of the rest of the world seeing these people and possibly thinking all Americans are this ignorant of our government's origins and purpose. Some religious Republicans in my state recently passed one of these bullshit voucher programs that basically forces me to spend MY tax dollars on educating other people's children on THEIR parents' chosen mythology instead of, you know, in a public school with real science and legal enforcement of a semblance of tolerance for all faiths (and lack of), sexualities, etc. and the like.

tl;dr - I want to see my tax money spent on education go to improve the public schools we have, not funneled into anyone's God Factory, be it Christian, Muslim, Jewish - ANY

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

The vouchers are every bit against one of our biggest founding principles, which is that everybody is created equal. Which means everybody gets the chance at an education - in a public school. If you want to subvert that and not have your kid go to one, you either homeschool or YOU pony up the $$$ for a different education. Lots of captains of industry and other smart people making money started in families with not much money and graduated from public school.

[johnnypenn.livejournal.com]

I respect people who worked hard to get a good education to do whatever they wanted to do with their life.
That's the American thing - you work hard, get what you want in life and enjoy yourself while doing it.
not sit around waiting for other people to hand you stuff on a silver platter.

The voucher's are idiots.