Supreme Court OKs use of public money for religious education

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In defending the program, the state said it offers a free public education but that the families who filed the lawsuit wanted an entirely different benefit -- a publicly subsidized religious education.
48% : Under the state law, they could use the money for their children's tuition at public or private schools in other communities, but not for sectarian schools, defined as those that promote a particular faith or belief system and teach material "through the lens of this faith."
44% : The case came to the court after two sets of parents in Maine sued, claiming the tuition program violated their religious freedom.
42% : The court's ruling said the restriction amounted to a violation of religious freedom.

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