Supreme Court Conservatives Say Taxpayers Must Fund Anti-LGBTQ Religious Private Schools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : School choice is a codeword for requiring citizens to pay for private schools, most of which can push religious and conservative messaging while discriminating against families, free from government oversight.
50% : The case, Carson v. Makin, involved two Maine families who were denied state tuition assistance because they wanted to enroll their kids at a private Christian school that provides religious teaching.
48% : The families sued, claiming that the state policy violated their First Amendment rights to exercise their religious freedom.
48% : The ruling also raises concerns about conservative plans to continue defunding and dismantling public education in favor of so-called "school choice."
48% : While conservatives say that "school choice" could allow parents to choose schools best aligned with their personal beliefs, it would also defund public education, the form of schooling used by most U.S. residents.
45% : The state's tuition assistance program only allows funding for private schools that are "nonsectarian."

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