Comments on: Op-Ed: Indiana Voucher Law Meets Constituti​onal Requiremen​ts http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/97041/op-ed-indiana-voucher-law-meets-constituti%e2%80%8bonal-requiremen%e2%80%8bts.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 By: HaKatan http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/97041/op-ed-indiana-voucher-law-meets-constituti%e2%80%8bonal-requiremen%e2%80%8bts.html#comment-223702 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:29:27 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=97041#comment-223702 I think it’s a valid point even if it does seem a bit creative; the education costs x amount. So give that x amount to the parents provided it is used on education. Should the parents choose a religious school, that’s their choice and their money, not the government’s as the money is still going to the parents.

But repealing the Blaine amendment certainly makes sense.

]]> By: bestbubby http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/97041/op-ed-indiana-voucher-law-meets-constituti%e2%80%8bonal-requiremen%e2%80%8bts.html#comment-223686 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:22:33 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=97041#comment-223686 How, if at all, does this help the disastrous NYC Voucher debacle?

]]> By: charliehall http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/editorial/97041/op-ed-indiana-voucher-law-meets-constituti%e2%80%8bonal-requiremen%e2%80%8bts.html#comment-223679 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:27:50 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=97041#comment-223679 The Blaine Amendments were a manifestation of 19th Century anti-Catholic bigotry. They need to be repealed. (An attempt was made in New York in 1967, but it only got 28% of the vote.)

But this argument is highly disingenuous. “No money shall be drawn from the treasury, for the benefit of any religious or theological institution.” Is the author seriously arguing that the institution is receiving no benefit from the tuition? Or that the day schools in question aren’t “religious institutions”? Any beit din would laugh this argument out the window. The proper thing to do is to repeal the Blaine Amendments, not to ignore them or try to make them mean other than what they were intended to mean. (If anyone wants to make another attempt to get rid of New York’s Blaine Amendment, sign me up as a supporter!)

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