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• Lutheran High School Can Expel Lesbians—And Does

  A California appeals court has upheld the right of a private Lutheran high school to expel students based on sexual orientation. Creepy as that sounds, I don't think the court is actually wrong. As long as they don't take one single of penny of my taxpayer money, religious organizations have the freedom to be petty, mean, and discriminatory in their own special ways all day long.  The school itself, on the other hand, which ended up in court because it did in fact expel two female students for having a relationship with each other, is wrong in so many ways. Read More... Posted Jan 28 2009, 06:00 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: teenagers, christianity, lesbian, gay teens, privacy, discrimination, snooping, christian, religious school, Axel-Lute, teen couples, teen lesbians, teen romance, Lutheran, expulsion, parochial school, interrogation

• Bush Wants to Fund Religious Schools with Your Tax Money

  The White House Domestic Policy Council issued a report last week, called “Preserving a Critical National Asset: America’s Disadvantaged Students and the Crisis in Faith-based Urban Schools”  Among other things, the report calls for considerable increases of public funding to private, religiously affiliated schools through vouchers, tax credits and other forms of tax aid at both federal and state levels.  it also recommends the establishment of religious charter schools. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 09:30 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 30 comment(s) Filed under: public schools, first amendment, private schools, george w bush, Shannon LC Cate, religious school, Public money for private education, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, home schooling, religious education