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This is a pretty good test, although it conflates the concept of private and religious schools. Of course right now, many private schools are religious, because churches subsidize religious schools, and it is very difficult to compete against the (so called) "free" government schools, which people are forced to pay for, even if they do not use them. This would, of course, be different in a freer society where government paid for, but did not control, education.
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My contention has always been that while taxpayers are in effect paying for schools, neutrality on religious issues should be enforced.
I would agree, in general, but there is a subtle point here: government paying for schools, and government choosing schools.
An example of this is the G.I. Bill. Ex-soldiers use the G.I. Bill to pay for universities which are run by religious institutions. If the government said that only such universities should be able to accept G.I. Bill, I would consider that to be a violation of the First Amendment. If the government excluded such universities from receiving G.I. Bill money, I would consider THAT to be a violation of the First Amendment.
In this case (which is the same as the voucher case), I think the government should ignore religious affiliation of the institution, and just let the student decide.
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