When I Voted for State Funds to go to Religious Schools, I Didn’t Mean Muslim Ones

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In Louisiana, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal pushed for a voucher program that would allow state funds to be used to pay for religious schools. It’s unconstitutional, it’s a way to use taxpayer money to fund someone’s faith, and it was a bad idea to begin with.

But it passed.

Now, one of the state legislators, Rep. Valarie Hodges (R-Watson), just made a shocking discovery, though: Christianity isn’t the only religion!

Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Watson, says she had no idea that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s overhaul of the state’s educational system might mean taxpayer support of Muslim schools.

“I actually support funding for teaching the fundamentals of America’s Founding Fathers’ religion, which is Christianity, in public schools or private schools,” the District 64 Representative said Monday.

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“Unfortunately it will not be limited to the Founders’ religion,” Hodges said. “We need to insure that it does not open the door to fund radical Islam schools. There are a thousand Muslim schools that have sprung up recently. I do not support using public funds for teaching Islam anywhere here in Louisiana.”

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[the cac mamba]

religious people are so fukkin ignorant

its 2012

 

[GetInTheTruck]

 

[radio rahiem]

the founding fathers had a religion?
i thought they were atheist

 

[Food Mane]

insure?

 

[Fillerguy]

Its already unconstitutional for blending religion and government but now they want to make it even more illegal by discriminating against certain religions. This is exactly why
we have separation of between church and state.

 

[BlvdBrawler]

I. fukking. Love. It!

 

[Serious]

Gotta love how these "teabaggers" whom swear by the constitution still can't interept the notation of seperation of church and state, yet get mad when ish doesn't go their way....

 

[Rekkapryde]

If they even tried to make that shyt legal but ruling out any other religion besides christianity it would EASILY be overturned in the Supreme Court. Too many dumbasses in office nowadays. They need to test these idiots.

 

[Type Username Here]

the founding fathers had a religion?
i thought they were atheist

Most were deists and the ones that weren't were secular. Most educated and intelligent men at the forefront of the age of enlightenment were deists, atheists or at the least, secularists.

 

[SafeForWork]

Most were deists and the ones that weren't were secular. Most educated and intelligent men at the forefront of the age of enlightenment were deists, atheists or at the least, secularists.

provide proof

 

[Serious]

provide proof

Thomas Paine,

the guy who wrote "Common Sense"

Thomas Paine on Theology & Christianity: Is There Any God to Study in Christianity?

 

[Robbie3000]

This is unconstitutional anyway, but it is funny seeing their reactions to the possibility of funding Muslim schools.

 

[zerozero]

[kanye] THEY AIN'T ABOUT THAT LIFE! THEY AIN'T ABOUT THAT LIFE!

 

[NoMayo15]

You want it to be one way. - YouTube

Gotta love how these "teabaggers" whom swear by the constitution still can't interept the notation of seperation of church and state, yet get mad when ish doesn't go their way....

Still trying to figure out what that link means in the context of that episode.