Supreme Court Should Strike Down Arizona Subsidy For Religious Schools, Says Americans United
Church-State Watchdog Group Says Tax-Credit Scheme Violates Constitution
May 24, 2010
The Supreme Court should strike down an Arizona tax-credit scheme that funds private religious education, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The high court announced today that it will rule on an Arizona program that gives taxpayers a 100 percent credit for donations to school voucher organizations that pay for tuition at religious and other private schools. Most of the money has ended up subsidizing religious education.
“Arizona’s convoluted scheme is a backdoor way of subsidizing religious education,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. “I hope the high court sees through it.”
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the program last year, holding that it violates the separation of church and state.
Read the full press release at http://www.au.org/media/press-releases/archives/2010/05/supreme-court-should-strike.html
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