Supreme Court Ruling Turns Separation of Church and State Into ‘Constitutional Violation,’ Warns Sotomayor
United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday warned that the court’s right-wing majority had further eroded the nation’s bedrock laws separating church and government when it ruled that Maine must include religious schools in a state-run tuition program.
“Forcing American taxpayers to fund private religious education… erodes the foundation of our democracy and harms students.”
“Today, the court leads us to a place where separation of church and state becomes a constitutional violation”: wrote Sotomayor in the minority’s dissent of the 6-3 decision.
Sotomayor was joined by fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer to oppose the majority opinion in Carson v. Makin, which centered on [two families] in Maine who wanted state taxpayers to pay for to send their children to attend private religious schools.
“We are witnessing one of the most extreme Supreme Courts in modern history rewrite the most basic social commitments of our society – that publicly-funded education should be free and open to all without discrimination is one of those commitments. Shamefully, today’s decision tosses aside that social commitment.” via Common Dreams.org
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Forcing American taxpayers to fund private religious education—even when those private schools fail to meet education standards, intentionally discriminate against students, or use public funds to promote religious training, worship, and instruction—erodes the foundation of our democracy and harms students. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association
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