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Voucher opponents in Utah are getting desperate. They are arguing once again that school vouchers violate the separation of church and state ("Segregation voucher," Forum, Aug. 13), an argument shot down by the Supreme Court in 2002.
If we really took the anti-voucher logic seriously, we'd have to shut down the entire public school system. After all, teachers are paid with tax dollars and might on occasion give some of that money to their church or spend it on a new Bible. What's the difference? There is none.
Propagating such absurdities is just a way of obscuring what the real debate is about: Whether or not all parents should have meaningful choices when it comes to their child's education.
Michael Van Winkle
The Heartland Institute
Chicago, Ill.
