Church-State Debate Erupts In The States

[Emit]

This is a must read Americans United for Separation of Church and State article that chronicles problematic legislation related to voucher proposals and Church-State issues:

Americans United State Legislative Counsel Dena Sher cautioned that this list is by no means exhaustive. More problematic legislation is expected as the year moves forward.

In 2009, AU tracked hundreds of bills in state legislatures, covering everything from school vouchers and private school tax credits to school prayer and creationism. Many of those proposals may be reintroduced this year.

Edited to add, AU is also urging the Senate to reject Lieberman's School Voucher Amendment:

See: Americans United Urges Senate to Reject Lieberman School Voucher Amendment
http://www.au.org/media/press-releases/archives/2010/03/watchdog-group-says-continued.html


More from the first article:

Church-State Debate Erupts In The States

March 2010 Featured
By Rob Boston

School Voucher Campaign Resurfaces As Legislatures Weigh Dozens Of Bills That Would Merge Religion And State

When New Jersey’s new governor, Christopher J. Christie, unveiled his choice for state education commissioner Jan. 13, advocates of public education and church-state separation could only groan.

The new education head, Bret D. Schundler, is known mainly for his advocacy of voucher subsidies for religious and other private schools...

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Americans United’s Legislative Department is monitoring developments related to religious school tax aid proposals in New Jersey, Virginia and several other states.

Recent activities include:

California: California faces a possible non-legislative voucher push. William E. Oberndorf, chairman of the board of directors for the Alliance for School Choice, is seeking to collect signatures to put a voucher question on the ballot this year.

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Georgia ... Indiana ... Missouri ... Nevada ... New York ... Oklahoma ... Tennessee ... Wisconsin ...

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Religion in Public Schools ...

Florida: Sen. Stephen R. Wise (R-Jacksonville) has proposed legislation that will authorize public schools to permit a student volunteer to deliver “an inspirational message, including a prayer or an invocation” at school-sponsored activities such as sporting events if a majority votes to request it. (SB 1580).

Kentucky ... Missouri ... Mississippi ... Oklahoma ...

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Government Endorsement of Religion...
Arizona ... Kentucky ... New Hampshire ... Virginia ...Washington ... West Virginia ...

http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2010/03/church-state-debate-erupts-in.html

[LiberalFighter]

1. California needs to stop all of their referendums.

Or get rid of their state legislators.