Freedom for Religion, Not From It

Today the U.S. Supreme Court once again affirmed that the so-called “wall of separation” that exists between church and state is not quite the edifice that liberals would like it to be. In Town of Greece v. Galloway, the court ruled today that a village in upstate New York did not violate the First Amendment in allowing members of clergy to begin town board meetings with prayers, some of which were explicitly sectarian (and usually Christian) rather than ecumenical. The narrow vote along the usual 5-4 conservative/liberal lines is bound to incite many on the left to express fears about the court trying to turn the U.S. into a “Christian nation.”

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Public School Teachers Go Private With Their Kids

By Larry Elder - Guy walks into a restaurant and orders "scrambled eggs and some kind words." Waitress brings the eggs. He smiles, "Now how about the kind words?" Waitress whispers, "Don't eat the eggs." ✧ Which brings us to the fact that urban public school teachers are about twice as likely as non-teachers to send their own children to private schools. That is, many public school teachers whisper to parents, "Don't eat the eggs." ✧ About 11% of all parents — nationwide, rural and urban — send their children to private schools. The numbers are much higher in urban areas... Read more at Investor's Business Daily Read More......