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Originally Posted by Blues_127
Another post here about education has lead me to a subject that bugs the hell out of me....Maybe it will spur some discussion.
How do you separate church and state in a government of the people and by the people without ultimately making religion illegal?
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The first thing is to realized that "separation of church and state" is a metaphor for no civil authority over religion.
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My example before was the school voucher system. A lot of parents liked it and immediately sought to send there students to their preferred schools, many were religious schools....because checks were cut by the government the voucher system was held to be an illegal blending of church and state.
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Post the Court's opinion or a link to it, so we know what you're talking about.
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This in effect told parents that the attempt to give children their religious values in education was illegal.
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So, why weren't all the religious schools and churches shut down and all of the religious teachers punished, by the civil authorities.