Religious right attacks Constitution-separation of church and state

[saidsimplesimon]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-supreme-court-examines-religious-school-funding-in-major-rights-case/ar-BBZdhVC

Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court examines religious school funding in major rights case
By Andrew Chung
1/22/20

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices are poised to tackle a major religious rights case on Wednesday over whether states can bar public funding of religious institutions in a dispute over a Montana tax credit program that could benefit private religious schools.

The justices will hear about an hour of arguments in an appeal by three parents of students who attend a Christian school in Kalispell, Montana. They are challenging a lower court ruling that struck down the tax credit program as a violation of the state constitution's ban on government aid to religious schools and churches.

The ruling in the case, expected by the end of June, could narrow the separation of church and state.
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[CaptYossarian]

1. If they can't sufficiently fund the public schools, F*** the religious ones!

Tell those demented jerk-offs that the Lord will provide.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Too bad we didn't fight for this stuff while we still had a chance!

[lees1975]

3. If you look at the programs, they're not "public funds."

Not sure about Montana's, but a number of other states have tax credit scholarship funds. They aren't using public funds. It's set up along the lines of the tax credit you get for making charitable contributions. If you own a business, you give money to a scholarship fund and you get a tax credit on your state income tax for the contribution. The scholarship fund organization, which is private, distributes the money to students who apply. They can be headed to a private school, charter school, international school or even a public school in another district. There's no tax dollars involved.

The business who makes the contribution gets a tax credit for the contribution. In Illinois, for example, the deduction they are allowed is 75% of the amount of the contribution and there's a $100,000 cap on the amount of the contribution.