The Urgent Supreme Court Case That's Not Getting Enough Attention

[elleng]

by Linda Greenhouse

VWhile the country holds its breath for the Supreme Court’s responses to the Trump administration’s serial depredations, it’s hard to focus on anything else. Nonetheless, a case set for argument next month before the court merits more attention than the little it has received, given its destabilizing potential for public education. The central question is whether a state that allows charter schools as alternatives to traditional public schools, as nearly all states do, must agree to fund those that are explicitly religious.

To emphasize: The court is not being asked to decide whether a state may, if it chooses, include a taxpayer-funded parochial school among its charter school offerings. That question alone would challenge the long-held understanding of the separation of church and state in the context of public education. This case goes further. It concerns what would be the first fully taxpayer-supported religious school in modern American history. The internet-based “virtual” Catholic school that the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa seek to operate, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, would promote the “evangelizing mission of the Church.” The question is whether the Constitution requires Oklahoma to permit the school to open its virtual doors as a public charter school.

This is far from the first collision between the two religion clauses of the First Amendment, the protection for the “free exercise” of religion and the prohibition against religion’s official “establishment.” But this case reaches the court at a time of rapid change in the justices’ treatment of the relationship between the two clauses. Not so long ago, the Supreme Court was willing and able to manage the inherent tension between the two clauses by giving weight to each.>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/opinion/school-catholic-supreme-court-constitution.html

[Karadeniz]

1. Id teach a christian religious course if i can tell the truth.....

[elleng]

2. 'truth' being what, in the circumstances?

[Karadeniz]

3. The parables, where jesus said his secret knowlege was, are all about the soul,

karma and reincarnation. They're a devil to uncover. The hardest is probably the good Samaritan, because its literal meaning is so perfect. But there are clues that the surface needs to be scratched. There are also road signs to show when Jesus has used his ability to astral project to bring back truths. The method used back then was merkavah and it was considered dangerous. It became replaced by kabbalah. It really is a lot to take in, used as we are to having the Rome based view of the soul as a passive entity, helpless unless saved by faith in Jesus. Nope. Jesus presents a God system for the soul which provides for the soul to qualify to return to its abode of perfection in return for lifetimes of bringing God's Good to this planet. The powers of the soul can be discovered in the book The Eternal Self, not a religious book. These powers can be found in the synoptic gospels !!!!!
Wouldn't it be helpful to the world if we guided our choices and actions by high level values, instead of so often thinking of our vested interests only?

Thanks for asking.... Sermon over!!!!!!

[elleng]

4. You're welcome. Curious.