Friday, February 28, 2014

Oppose the Federal Funding Of Religious Schools

Religious conservatives in Congress are at it again. Recently, several voucher bills were introduced that would give money to private religious schools who could use that money to teach religion to their new ex-public school students. Even more troubling is the fact that these bills allow religious private schools that receive federal money to discriminate against students on the basis of gender and teachers on the basis of their religious beliefs, policies that are absolutely forbidden in public schools.

MORE: http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2014-02-oppose-the-funding-of-religious-schools