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Wait—Freedom of Religion Is for ALL Religions?

posted on July 6, 2012

At The New Republic, Amy Sullivan writes about how a Louisiana state representative, who had backed Gov. Bobby Jindal’s newly enacted voucher program for private schools, has withdrawn her support. Rep. Valarie Hodges had previously believed that the new law, which in part provides vouchers for parents wishing to send their children to “religious” schools, was limited to providing funds to attend “Christian” schools. “We need to insure that …[the new law] does not open the door to fund radical Islam schools,” Hodges says.

Read at The New Republic