Reply #22: About choice... [View All]

...you seem to limit their protections (and by extension, the protections for all religious people) based on a supposition that they "choose" their religious beliefs.

I don't see the Establishment Clause being undermined by such a supposition. Perhaps you can explain that.

I agree that seperate schools might satisfy the problem, but here's the kicker: what about the price?

Let's look at a hypothetical case:

100 children from Christian literalist families
5 children who are not.

Taxes collected are used to pay for the secular school. The school teaches evolution and thus creates conflict for the literalists. They form their own school and pull their 100 children out of the secular school.

Now all the school taxes are going to pay for the education of 5 children. On top of school taxes, the literalists are also paying for their own school.

Fair?