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Message 1340061 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 0:49:43 UTC - in response to Message 1340037.  
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The first amendment to the constitution, as follows

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Says that the us government can neither aid or appose religion.

so as long as pubic schools take federal money they must either teach no religion

or all of them as well as atheism and agnosticism.

down this slope would be the ruin of public education.

States can do as they like if they forgo federal money.

religions schools take no federal money and once again can do as they please.

If you want religion in your schools fund them locally that is all you have to

do, as long as you do not bar any one else from doing the same for their belief

system or lack there of.

then the fed will not have to pay for it helping to balance the budget.



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Message 1340077 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 3:41:03 UTC - in response to Message 1340037.  
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States can not do as they please. They can not ignore the constitution whether they take federal money or not.
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Message 1340272 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 16:50:39 UTC

How about dissolving all government funds for education? Has anyone thought of that?

Duh!

Get your religion out of my gubmint and vice verse.

Of course, a sensible idea like that will never get any 'traction' since it pisses off everybody and the recipients of said idea are victims of 'gubmint' schools anyway.


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Message 1340287 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 17:14:29 UTC - in response to Message 1340077.  

States can not do as they please. They can not ignore the constitution whether they take federal money or not.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


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Message 1340325 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 17:54:55 UTC - in response to Message 1340287.  

lets not forget the Supremacy Rule/Law. The Federal Gov't rules will always supercede any state law


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Message 1340333 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 18:11:28 UTC - in response to Message 1340272.  
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How about dissolving all government funds for education? Has anyone thought of that?

Duh!

Get your religion out of my gubmint and vice verse.

Of course, a sensible idea like that will never get any 'traction' since it pisses off everybody and the recipients of said idea are victims of 'gubmint' schools anyway.


Well.......here is a contradiction for ya.......
I am a Christian man that supports the recognition of his name and beliefs in this society.

However.....
I do have a problem with the efforts of my own Governor John Walker, who I happen to support in most everything else, to further the issuing of vouchers to send the kiddies off to private or parochial schools on my tax dollar.

As a portion of my property taxes every year, I am taxed for my school district.
To support the public school system in my back yard.
And now, I am being told that those funds can be siphoned off to support those who do not wish to believe in public schooling because they think their kids are above that??? I call bullshit.

I am taxed and have payed moneys to support the local public school system, not your little brats that you think you want better for. If you truly think that your kids are above that, go for it. But do so on your own dollar. NOT mine.

I pay taxes for ALL of the school district, not to be taken by those that believe they should have special privileges.

Otherwise, if you want to take it another step, there would have to be a checkbox on the tax form. 'Do you wish your tax dollars to go to...


A. Public Schooling available to all. Even if it may not be the ultimate.
B. Parochial schooling available to only the devout.
Ba. And if so which, religion would you desire to support?
C. Private schooling. Which means you don't give a rat's petoot what your child learns. Or any oversight.

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And let me say that I damned well have a say in this, even though I have no offspring.
I have been a property owner since 1980, and have paid my taxes on such every single year since. Every year, I have to check off on what school district my taxes are going to. I don't believe it is right to take that money and redirect it to others who do not wish to participate in the public school system.
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Message 1340433 - Posted: 22 Feb 2013, 22:37:35 UTC - in response to Message 1340325.  

lets not forget the Supremacy Rule/Law. The Federal Gov't rules will always supercede any state law

I thought I just addressed that by quoting the Tenth Amendment. If it wasn't given to Congress the Feds have no business, it belongs to the states. Interestingly there isn't the opposite, banning the states from things given to congress, hence



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Message 1340599 - Posted: 24 Feb 2013, 23:22:49 UTC - in response to Message 1340077.  

States can not do as they please. They can not ignore the constitution whether they take federal money or not.



the first amendment specifically bars congress (the federal government) from interfering in religion or the lack there of.

so unless the state constitution has a similar clause it could legally adopt a state religion, much less allow a school, it is funding, to teach a religion.
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Message 1340602 - Posted: 24 Feb 2013, 23:35:36 UTC - in response to Message 1340325.  

lets not forget the Supremacy Rule/Law. The Federal Gov't rules will always supersede any state law


only to the extent that the constitution does not bar it.



Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


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Message 1342293 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 4:07:15 UTC - in response to Message 1340333.  

How about dissolving all government funds for education? Has anyone thought of that?

Duh!

Get your religion out of my gubmint and vice verse.

Of course, a sensible idea like that will never get any 'traction' since it pisses off everybody and the recipients of said idea are victims of 'gubmint' schools anyway.


Well.......here is a contradiction for ya.......
I am a Christian man that supports the recognition of his name and beliefs in this society.

However.....
I do have a problem with the efforts of my own Governor John Walker, who I happen to support in most everything else, to further the issuing of vouchers to send the kiddies off to private or parochial schools on my tax dollar.

As a portion of my property taxes every year, I am taxed for my school district.
To support the public school system in my back yard.
And now, I am being told that those funds can be siphoned off to support those who do not wish to believe in public schooling because they think their kids are above that??? I call bullshit.

I am taxed and have payed moneys to support the local public school system, not your little brats that you think you want better for. If you truly think that your kids are above that, go for it. But do so on your own dollar. NOT mine.

I pay taxes for ALL of the school district, not to be taken by those that believe they should have special privileges.

Otherwise, if you want to take it another step, there would have to be a checkbox on the tax form. 'Do you wish your tax dollars to go to...


A. Public Schooling available to all. Even if it may not be the ultimate.
B. Parochial schooling available to only the devout.
Ba. And if so which, religion would you desire to support?
C. Private schooling. Which means you don't give a rat's petoot what your child learns. Or any oversight.

EDIT...
And let me say that I damned well have a say in this, even though I have no offspring.
I have been a property owner since 1980, and have paid my taxes on such every single year since. Every year, I have to check off on what school district my taxes are going to. I don't believe it is right to take that money and redirect it to others who do not wish to participate in the public school system.

You never went to school yourself???

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Message 1342327 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 7:02:40 UTC

I really don't understand that response, Es.
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Message 1342418 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 17:13:29 UTC - in response to Message 1342327.  

I really don't understand that response, Es.

He's saying he shouldn't have to pay for a system he never participated in. I was just surprised that he never used the education system.
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Message 1342426 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 17:30:06 UTC - in response to Message 1342418.  

I really don't understand that response, Es.

He's saying he shouldn't have to pay for a system he never participated in. I was just surprised that he never used the education system.

Mark was talking about the diversion of funds from the public district schools to parochial and private schools. He was not complaining about his taxes supporting the public schools.

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As a portion of my property taxes every year, I am taxed for my school district.
To support the public school system in my back yard.
And now, I am being told that those funds can be siphoned off to support those who do not wish to believe in public schooling because they think their kids are above that???
(My emphasis)

From his post it is safe to assume that Mark attended a public school and has no problem with his tax dollars being used to support the public school system. His problem is with those tax dollars being used for purposes other than the reason they are collected. i.e. To fund Private schools.

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Message 1342440 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 18:27:47 UTC - in response to Message 1342426.  

I really don't understand that response, Es.

He's saying he shouldn't have to pay for a system he never participated in. I was just surprised that he never used the education system.

Mark was talking about the diversion of funds from the public district schools to parochial and private schools. He was not complaining about his taxes supporting the public schools.

He wrote
As a portion of my property taxes every year, I am taxed for my school district.
To support the public school system in my back yard.
And now, I am being told that those funds can be siphoned off to support those who do not wish to believe in public schooling because they think their kids are above that???
(My emphasis)

From his post it is safe to assume that Mark attended a public school and has no problem with his tax dollars being used to support the public school system. His problem is with those tax dollars being used for purposes other than the reason they are collected. i.e. To fund Private schools.

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HMmm ok. I guess the paragraph is a little ambiguous, it took me several readings to get the mmeaning and i still got it wrong. My bad.
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Message 1342482 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 21:34:20 UTC - in response to Message 1342448.  

It's all a question of degree isn't it. If I was asked would I agree to a proportion of my taxes going to fund an above average pupil going to a Private school if her parents could afford it, I would say no. If the pupil was exceptional and her parents couldn't afford it, then I think I would say yes.


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Message 1342496 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 22:01:38 UTC - in response to Message 1342448.  

It's all a question of degree isn't it. If I was asked would I agree to a proportion of my taxes going to fund an above average pupil going to a Private school if her parents could afford it, I would say no. If the pupil was exceptional and her parents couldn't afford it, then I think I would say yes.

Interesting. Now suppose that the private school teaches creationism as truth and evolution as a fantasy.

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Message 1342531 - Posted: 2 Mar 2013, 23:28:52 UTC - in response to Message 1342448.  

It's all a question of degree isn't it. If I was asked would I agree to a proportion of my taxes going to fund an above average pupil going to a Private school if her parents could afford it, I would say no. If the pupil was exceptional and her parents couldn't afford it, then I think I would say yes.


Problem with private schools is that not all of them are good. Quite a few of them get their reputations because they cherry pick their students. I know for a fact that one top private school that charges 100k per year kicks out students if they get less than a grade b average.

Private does not necessarily mean better, and they don't get the rigorous inspections that state schools get.

I sent my son to a small local private church school for a because he had outgrown his daycare and couldn't start regular school yet. It was dreadful and i made a mistake sending him there. It really was a very bad school.
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Message 1342558 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 0:38:32 UTC

I am pretty sure "never participated in" (if that was the phrase) refers to being childless; i.e., he's never had a child to send to either apublic or private school.
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Message 1342675 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 14:36:15 UTC - in response to Message 1342662.  

Interesting. Now suppose that the private school teaches creationism as truth and evolution as a fantasy.

Most top notch private fee paying schools are education based, not religious. You only get that in what we call Church schools which are normally free. If you are paying big bucks for your child's education, you get to say what they get taught!


Unfortunately this is true.


How about redirecting existing funds from well-off public districts, to the poor inner city ones?-- This is a topic that is fiercely debated in the states whenever people put forth a bill. Always gets shot down.
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Message 1342680 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 15:00:25 UTC
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Schools that get funding from the UK Government are not allowed to teach Intelligent Design.

Some but not all private schools receive public funding.
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