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defrogITEM: Louisiana Republican state representative Valarie Hodges withdraws support for Gov Bobby Jindal’s new program to allow taxpayer-funded vouchers for religious schools after she discovers that Islam counts as a religion.
This is a good illustration not only of how insanely afeared Republicans are of the Islams, but also how myopic they tend to be whenever they try to pass legislation that intentionally blurs the lines between church and state in the unspoken (and unwarranted) assumption that Christianity is the only religion that can legally benefit from such laws.
Naturally, I find grimly hilarious when the penny drops like this. On the other hand, I doubt this will make Republicans think twice about faith-based funding. It’ll probably just make them look for ways to ban Muslims from qualifying.
Back to school,
This is dF
“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. […]
“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.”
“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.”
This is a good illustration not only of how insanely afeared Republicans are of the Islams, but also how myopic they tend to be whenever they try to pass legislation that intentionally blurs the lines between church and state in the unspoken (and unwarranted) assumption that Christianity is the only religion that can legally benefit from such laws.
Naturally, I find grimly hilarious when the penny drops like this. On the other hand, I doubt this will make Republicans think twice about faith-based funding. It’ll probably just make them look for ways to ban Muslims from qualifying.
Back to school,
This is dF
