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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (19210)	8/11/2002 2:07:58 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

Suppose the proposal were to provide vouchers that could only be used at non-religious schools. What would your opinion be then? (Forget the practical problem that there aren't many such.) Such a proposal would, I suspect, be more compatible with the establishment clause. If such vouchers became available, the demand for non-religious private schools would encourage supply, and would probably remove the practical problem in fairly short order.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (19210)	8/11/2002 6:47:19 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

"Ah, but they do concern themselves with indoctrinating the divisive dogmas of conflicting national ideologies. History, patriotism, the pledge, all that stuff" Yes, they indoctrinate a point of view and perspective on history, and so forth. And yes, such is sometimes divisive. But generally the bonds of affection which unite a people may withstand a bit of self aggrandisement. One expects some spin doctoring of facts, even in America. It is in the nature of people. This is not the same, however, as the school on the corner of the next street teaching the innocent minds of children the tenets of jihadism and the duty to smite those who are considered apostates. "Suppose the proposal were to provide vouchers that could only be used at non-religious schools" I don't know how the costs could be borne by society, but as a hypothetical...sure. Provided they educate the children in the manner and to the level to which they are entitled.