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Court says Notre Dame may have to pay back education grant used for religious training
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University of Notre Dame could be required to pay back a government
grant used to train teachers in Catholic schools if a judge rules that
the use of the funds was unconstitutional, reported the Associated
Press. Subscriber comments:
Published by: Joe
Seattle, WA, USA 04/21/2006 07:33 AM EST
Is "separation of church and state" actually in the Constitution?
I don't believe it is. What the Constitution guards against is the establishment of a mandatory state religion, as was done before our country was founded in England with the Church of England. The American idea was that we would practice our religion unfettered. If anybody is subverting the Constitution, it is the ACLU.
Published by: phil floersh
tucson/az/usa 04/20/2006 12:30 PM EST
Your friendly ACLU!
phil
Published by: Theo
Denver, Colorado 04/20/2006 12:24 PM EST
Religious folks are taxpayers, too. Since we pay into the tax fund, why should we not be able to take advantage of it too, like everyone else? Are we not full citizens?
Published by: Mike McCaffrey
Yarmouthport, MA 02675 04/20/2006 11:38 AM EST
I know this decision will elicit angry responses from Catholics motivated by the worthiness of training teachers for impoverished inner city Catholic schools. What I do not understand is the how this grant came to be funded in the first place. It is not difficult to know that public funds cannot be channeled to a church project in a nation which prides itself on the separation of church and state. This error might be an honest interpretive one, but it could be an effort to subvert the Constitution.
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