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Old 06-06-2023, 10:58 AM
 
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Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US - AP
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Old 06-06-2023, 11:49 AM
 
Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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I think the best test of this would be to see if they would approve of public funding for a Muslim charter school.
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Old 06-06-2023, 02:55 PM
 
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I think the best test of this would be to see if they would approve of public funding for a Muslim charter school.
Agreed. Or a Jewish school.
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Old 06-06-2023, 03:14 PM
 
Location: Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA
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I think the best test of this would be to see if they would approve of public funding for a Muslim charter school.
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Agreed. Or a Jewish school.
Sounds like they would. If you guys are trying to imply that a crypto-KKK runs the Oklahoma schools, just remember that in the 1920's the KKK hated Catholics, too.
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Old 06-06-2023, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Sioux Falls, SD area
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Sounds like they would. If you guys are trying to imply that a crypto-KKK runs the Oklahoma schools, just remember that in the 1920's the KKK hated Catholics, too.
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Old 06-06-2023, 03:37 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Fund whatever can deliver academic results.

I'm all for outsourcing USA public schools.
I need some qualified employees (who can count, read a tape measure, (in metric), write purchase orders, take phone calls from customers, be proactive in delivering consistent business results...). Just the normal elementary, starting position requirements.

Public schools can't seem to do the job, so outsource it to someone who can. (There are plenty of available options.)
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Old 06-06-2023, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Boydton, VA
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Fund whatever can deliver academic results.

I'm all for outsourcing USA public schools.
I need some qualified employees (who can count, read a tape measure, (in metric), write purchase orders, take phone calls from customers, be proactive in delivering consistent business results...). Just the normal elementary, starting position requirements.

Public schools can't seem to do the job, so outsource it to someone who can. (There are plenty of available options.)
Pretty broad brush you are painting with. Any underlying conditions/requirements preventing you from finding qualified workers, when others seem to be able to find them ?

Funding religious schools with taxpayer funds is a slippery slope, and borders on being unconstitutional.

"In 2014, the Supreme Court held in Town of Greece v. Galloway that “it is an elemental First Amendment principle that government may not coerce its citizens to support or participate in any religion or its exercise.” Some would argue that supporting a religious school with tax money would be coercion.

Why should an Atheist be taxed to support a religious entity ?

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Old 06-06-2023, 06:40 PM
 
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Fund whatever can deliver academic results.

I'm all for outsourcing USA public schools.
I need some qualified employees (who can count, read a tape measure, (in metric), write purchase orders, take phone calls from customers, be proactive in delivering consistent business results...). Just the normal elementary, starting position requirements.

Public schools can't seem to do the job, so outsource it to someone who can. (There are plenty of available options.)
Well there is this pesky thing called the first amendment.
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Old 06-06-2023, 07:11 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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Sounds like they would. If you guys are trying to imply that a crypto-KKK runs the Oklahoma schools, just remember that in the 1920's the KKK hated Catholics, too.
I haven't mentioned a word about the KKK...wasn't even thinking about it. But Americans are often not "fans" of the Muslim religion.
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Old 06-06-2023, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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Pretty broad brush you are painting with. Any underlying conditions/requirements preventing you from finding qualified workers, when others seem to be able to find them ?

Funding religious schools with taxpayer funds is a slippery slope, and borders on being unconstitutional.

"In 2014, the Supreme Court held in Town of Greece v. Galloway that “it is an elemental First Amendment principle that government may not coerce its citizens to support or participate in any religion or its exercise.” Some would argue that supporting a religious school with tax money would be coercion.

Why should an Atheist be taxed to support a religious entity ?
That's a good question...why not taxpayer funds for an atheist school? Or how about a Black Lives Matter School?
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