I’m happy to pay taxes to support public schools because I recognize that having an educated populace is a public good.

However, I would deeply resent my tax dollars paying for religious indoctrination and the undermining of public schools.

There is nothing good in this and I wish but dare not hope that the SCOTUS would agree with me.

Oklahoma to vote on first taxpayer-funded religious school in US |
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/oklahoma-vote-first-religious-charter-school-us-2023-04-11/

Oklahoma board rejects first taxpayer-funded religious school in US

An Oklahoma school board on Tuesday unanimously rejected the Catholic Church's application to create the first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the U.S., taking a first step toward a long legal battle testing the concept of separation of church and state.

Reuters

@TonyStark

Taxes should fund public schools. Religious schools require tuition.Not everyone can afford to send their children to these schools.

And What About Separation of Church and State:

The 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The function and intent of this amendment have been translated as “separation between church and state” Thomas Jefferson

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@TonyStark

The concept has been used in multiple Supreme Court cases such as Everson v. Board of Education, Engel v. Vitale and Lemon v. Kurtzman, and is not argued as apart from the First Amendment even though it is not explicitly stated. The Treaty of Tripoli, of the United States’ first treaty agreements, also reinforced this idea in Article 11, which reads, “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”

@ClintBarton Plenty of places you can get a religious education if you want one. Try church. They get out of paying taxes there, too.
@TonyStark @ClintBarton UGH. Religion is so Vile. WORST fiction ever!