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US supreme court seems open to religious public charter schools www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/supreme-court-charter-schools

259 sats \ 2 comments \ @k00b 1 May Politics_And_Law

The US supreme court's conservative majority seemed open to establishing the country’s first public religious charter school as they weighed a case Wednesday that could have significant ramifications on the separation of church and state.

The Oklahoma state charter school board approved the application for St Isidore, a Catholic virtual charter school. The ACLU and other groups filed suit, as did Republican attorney general Gentner Drummond. The state supreme court sided with Drummond, ruling that the US and Oklahoma constitutions “prohibit the state from using public money for the establishment of a religious institution”.

The school’s proponents argue the school is not a government entity, so the state is not endorsing or funding a single religion. They also contend that denying the school from becoming a public charter effectively discriminates against religious organizations and people of faith, and that blocking the school would deprive Oklahoma students of an educational option.

Sounds like a tricky case.

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80 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 1 May

My question for Christian in cases like this is how would you feel if it was a Muslim school or whatever. Or a Buddhist Hindu, or Siek school or thing?

I'm of the opinion that the more decentralized our education options are the better for people getting along. Putting everyone into one system has benefits but reducing conflicts and disagreements on how to do things isn't one of them.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 1 May

Or how about this. What if someone wants to do this with a Satanist school? I'm not advocating for government money being spent on Christian schools or Satanist schools but what we have today is not neutral. Government schools have a very specific bent and as is evidenced by the number of people choosing to not use this service they already have been extorted from to fund... they do not find it suitable.

I think any group of people should be able to start their own school and teach what they want... I know, radical. But just don't use force to fund and support it. Make it compete in the marketplace. Oh what a different world that would be. But you won't get many politicians advocating for this. The gov school system is a powerful tool. Instead you will see people seeking to gain control over it to wield it to mold young minds as they see fit.

I will say, dissolving the federal department of Ed (which I will believe when I see) would be a good start. There is no reason to have it other than controlling direction from DC. Funding can come through other existing agencies. The state departments of Ed are bad enough. I'd get rid of those as well. Make it all local.