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Many of us have opposed voucher systems as thinly veiled efforts to publicly fund religious schools in addition to a system that undermines our public school system. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee seem intent on confirming the religious motivations behind the system this week in opposing vouchers because it has occurred to them that Muslim schools might be able to receive funding with Christian schools. They are threatening to block Republican Gov. Bill Haslam\u2019s school voucher bill unless they can find a way to deny it to Muslim schools \u2014 a suggestion that brings sectarian prejudices to the forefront of the debate.<\/span><\/div>\n
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State Sen. Jim Tracy (R)\u00a0<\/a>raised his \u201cconsiderable concern\u201d that tax dollars could go to schools that teach principles from the Quran . . . . as opposed to those schools that teach the principles from the Bible. Tracy is on the Senate Education Committee and, apparently more importantly, is a member of the Church of Christ. He wants to amend the law to exclude Muslim schools \u2014 something that is not just an act of raw prejudice but completely unconstitutional.<\/span><\/div>\n
Kelsey triggered the debate by trying to expand the voucher program from the lowest 5 percent of schools to every school in the state. However, that would mean that at least one identified Muslim school could qualify \u2014 sending the legislators into a sectarian panic.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many of us have opposed voucher systems as thinly veiled efforts to publicly fund religious schools in addition to a system that undermines our public school system. 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