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

[johnnypenn.livejournal.com]

That's just silly, I knew there are other religions and I grew up home schooled! what an idiot.
I dunno about that voucher, it just sounds like the politician's are trying to smooth stuff out and make other people happy. They aren't actually thinking about rl People. Just won't get them the most abuse and ruin their political career.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Faith schools of all varieties give me the creeps. But if one type is publicly funded, they all should be.

I'd definitely rather all kids were educated in schools which teach them about religion without indoctrinating them.

[bayliss.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I am so sick of this idea that they need a voucher program for faith based schools. Seriously, improve our public schools instead. Faith based schools charge an arm and a leg, if parents what to send their kids there, they'll figure out a way to pay.

Lest you forget Veronica, the founding fathers were deists. They didn't care what you believed as long as you did. I learned that in my studies of Lewis and Clark. Meriwether Lewis was Thomas Jefferson's private secretary.