Vouchers Redux: The Possible Unintended Consequences of Victory
Some issues just won’t go away. Despite two hundred years of debate, Americans still don’t agree about the proper relationship between government and religion. Pity poor James Madison who after writing the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights still had to take quill in hand and argue against the establishment of a state religion. But even his mighty quill was not enough. There remains a movement to marry state and religion. Case in point: Tomorrow, Floridians will go to the polls to vote on Amendment 8 or the Florida Religious Freedom Amendment.
The proposed ballot question reads: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution providing that no individual or entity may be denied, on the basis of religious identity of belief, governmental benefits, funding, or other support, except as required by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and deleting the prohibition against using revenues from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or
The proposed ballot question reads: Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution providing that no individual or entity may be denied, on the basis of religious identity of belief, governmental benefits, funding, or other support, except as required by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and deleting the prohibition against using revenues from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or