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Thomas Jefferson: A Must-Read on Religious Freedom
The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom By Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States of America An Act for establishing religious Freedom. Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free; That all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and therefore are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being Lord, both of body and mind yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his…
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Superintendent John White’s Bogus Legal Argument
On Wednesday, the Louisiana Supreme Court, as expected, refused to grant an injunction blocking the implementation of Governor Bobby Jindal’s controversial voucher program, and, perhaps not surprisingly, John White, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education, and the paid consultants at the Louisiana BAEO gloated about the decision, crowing that the courts had “once again” affirmed the righteousness of school vouchers. This, of course, is not, at all, what happened. John White, in his capacity as Louisiana Superintendent of Education, testified under oath that if an injunction against the voucher program was granted, then his department would be forced into deficit spending.…
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Jindal’s Voucher Program Does Not Provide Real Parental Choice: Part One
During the last few weeks, as Governor Bobby Jindal crisscrossed the country on a failed campaign to become the Republican Vice Presidential candidate, back in Louisiana, critics of his ambitious, expansive school voucher program have finally exposed the program for what it is: A hastily-constructed and likely unconstitutional scheme to provide millions in taxpayer dollars every year to the radical religious right, new earth creationists, and at least one self-proclaimed prophet. Today, we learned that Penny Destugue, the President of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), announced that she would be asking her board to delay implementation…
CenLamar | Est. 2006
