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To: Brumar89 who wrote (221586)	2/27/2007 5:30:13 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

I see the bureaucracy claim as a sham excuse. Agree 100%. There are tricky issues involving separation of church and state vis-a-vis schools run by religious organizations. There are tricky issues involving accountability. I'd respect critics of school choice if they were able to articulate these issues. But the main articulated fear for the vocal critics, IMO, is that children will not be indoctrinated into "it's OK to kiss someone of the same sex" and "Heather has two mommies" and mandatory vaccination against STDs for little girls, and "zero tolerance for even a photo or drawing of a gun" and other non-educational brainwashing, hogwash, and blather. Professionals know best and parents are unenlightened lumps. At bottom, though, the real unarticulated fear is the idea of actually being accountable for performance, which is too frightening to even face.