Minnesota Taxpayers Funding Religious School

Investigative columnist Katharine Kersten at the Minneapolis Star Tribune has been digging into Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA), a public charter school that’s fronting for the Muslim American Society. When she asked to visit the government-funded school, an official told her the schedule was too hectic to accommodate her because of statewide testing. When Kersten found out that testing wouldn’t begin for several weeks, the school refused to return her calls and e-mails. Fortunately, one teacher was willing to spill the beans:

Bman wrote:I don't think any taxpayer money should be used for religious purposes. We give people a charitable deduction for contributing to religious entities, every joe and jane american should not be footing a muslim school, a christian school, or a pagan school. I believe in EQUAL treatment for all.

Cincy Fan 44 wrote:

Bman wrote:I don't think any taxpayer money should be used for religious purposes. We give people a charitable deduction for contributing to religious entities, every joe and jane american should not be footing a muslim school, a christian school, or a pagan school. I believe in EQUAL treatment for all.

Bman...I 'kind of' disagree...taxpayer $$$ goes to THE Ohio State University, and depending on how you look at it, THE OSU IS A religion of sorts...

Bman wrote:

Cincy Fan 44 wrote:

Bman wrote:I don't think any taxpayer money should be used for religious purposes. We give people a charitable deduction for contributing to religious entities, every joe and jane american should not be footing a muslim school, a christian school, or a pagan school. I believe in EQUAL treatment for all.

Bman...I 'kind of' disagree...taxpayer $$$ goes to THE Ohio State University, and depending on how you look at it, THE OSU IS A religion of sorts...

True, some of the most intelligent worshippers worship at the alter of the Buckeyes.