152. Should Government Fund Religious Schools?
Episode description
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in Carson vs Makin, in which parents of Maine students alleged that their First Amendment rights were infringed upon by not allowing their children to attend religious schools using the state funding, when other private schools were allowed. Rivky and Uri discuss the court case, and ask, as religious Jews, what do we think about the separation of church and state, school vouchers in general, and government funding of religion?
Links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/opinion/public-schools-religion.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/us/politics/supreme-court-religious-schools-maine.html
https://advocacy.ou.org/content/uploads/WSJ-The-Supreme-Court-Takes-Up-Religious-LibertyAgain.pdf?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/492/573
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=mihT_GNeRN8