True? Louisiana School Curriculum

how about zero teaching it or dont send them my tax dollars. Im not lost on the issue, you are 'ie' the constitution that people clearly follow when it suits their position. I guess this isnt one of them.

 

No, MM and Martin would have the whole system abolished because it teaches christianity in basically all if not all of those schools.

There is definitely abuse right now with shitty schools getting taxpayer money to fill out their enrollment. That needs to be figured out. It's a problem.

 

Catholic schools in Louisiana has something like a 90% college passing rate, I’m not even Catholic but I would send my child to a school where he is taught a little church doctrine if it increases his chance to go to and pass college. I feel the same about children that are not mine.

Now, with that said, I think that many of these schools need to be weeded from the program and I believe with time they will be.

 

Here is where you're not getting it, I dont have a problem with Christianity *( i go to church 4 to 5 times a month, i pray everyday with my family and son), but I do have a problem with it in schools, because kids should be taught it at home and in church. This version of Christianity is blatantly brainwashing and revisionist history according to those textbook. what dont you get about that, you think its ok for that text book to say, that Pilgrims used the trail of tears to bring Native Americans to Christ. The trail of tears was about war and murder. Do you think its ok for that text book to sugarcoat the treatment of slaves, saying most slave masters treated slaves well. Its complete bullshit. School reform is needed but this is clearly a violation of taxpayer money and the constitution, that much is clear and if someone wanted to take those school districts to court for teaching it, they would probably win.

 

my nieces and nephews go to Catholic school in New Iberia and they are extremely smart kids, but as far as I know my sister and her husband pays for that, which is their choice. They arent getting tax payer money. Catholic High that is.

 

Yeah…it’s not that simple.

The government cannot give the impression they are indorsing religion. The voucher program was set up to give the a child a chance to go to any public or private schools in their area that accepted vouchers. The opportunity for public schools was there, therefore the law is not endorsing religion over non-religion, thus there is no constitutional issues with the law it self.

The parents have no right of action against the private schools because they are not state actors and can do what they want. In addition to that, Louisiana law actually allows schools the ability to teach creationism from what I understand, as long as they are giving equal time to teach evolution.

Where they f’d up, is they denied a Islamic school in NOLA based on their doctrine, so that school has a cause of action against the state.

 

So actually this prove none of it should be taught in schools based on their denial of this one school. Religious freedom doesnt mean shit unless you're teaching the "right religion" i guess. This law is clearly about teaching Christianity in schools, not about giving parents choices.

 

Did you miss the part where I said that they tried to get Public schools to accept kids with vouchers? They law was set up in a way that a kid could simply jump to one public school to another, thus giving parents a choice, but every public school that qualified said no. It was not about getting Christianity in schools, it was about getting kids out of a failing school and into a better one. The lack of participation by the public schools is what screwed the system up.

Though like I said, they messed up by declining the Islamic school, that give the appearance of endorsing one faith over another and that is a violation.

 

Just so you know, I don’t agree with how the law is being exercised, but I like the concept. If I had a hand in writing the voucher system I would have required passing public schools to accept vouchers, not give them a choice (which could actually open the door to some more issues which is why they probably left it up to the schools) and I would have only allowed schools that taught a state approved curriculum and a could receive passing grades if they were public.