SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE UNDER ATTACK
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Separation of Church and State in Ruling for Taxpayer-Funded Private Religious Schools

Taxpayer Programs that Fund Private Schools Must Fund Religious Schools Also
In a 5-4 ruling the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that taxpayers must fund religious schools, stating that excluding faith-based education is unconstitutional. The case is Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
Chief Justice John Roberts again was the swing vote, writing the majority opinion in siding with the conservative side of the court in this case.
The decision is expected to open the floodgates to religious schools, protecting and expanding all types of funding including vouchers and tax credits.
Legal expert, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern issues this warning:
There are about 30 states that provide tax credits or vouchers to private schools. The Supreme Court’s decision today essentially requires these states to fund RELIGIOUS schools with taxpayer dollars, as well. This is a huge decision that totally unsettles Free Exercise law.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 30, 2020
He adds:
These two sentences, from Roberts’ majority opinion, might as well repeal the Establishment Clause. The Supreme Court spent years debating whether states that funded private schools were even ALLOWED to fund religious schools. Now Roberts declares that they MUST. Incredible. pic.twitter.com/79PxFCCcEg
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 30, 2020
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