On Tuesday, June 30th, the Supreme court released the following decision in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue:
“A State need not subsidize private education. But once a State decides to do so, it cannot disqualify some private schools solely because they are religious.”
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the following in his opinion:
“Drawing on ‘enduring American tradition,’ we have long recognized the rights of parents to direct ‘the religious upbringing’ of their children…Many parents exercise that right by sending their children to religious schools, a choice protected by the Constitution. But the no-aid provision penalizes that decision by cutting families off from otherwise available benefits if they choose a religious private school rather than a secular one, and for no other reason.”
Justice Alito went even further than Roberts addressing the issue with schools teaching morals that are “antithetical’ to what parents are trying to teach their children at home:
“Today’s public schools are quite different from those envisioned by Horace Mann, but many parents of many different faiths still believe that their local schools inculcate a worldview that is antithetical to what they teach at home. Many have turned to religious schools, at considerable expense, or have undertaken the burden of homeschooling. . .”
This is a rare example of the Supreme Court doing what God instituted civil government to do which is to protect our God given rights. And one of the most important God give rights we have as parents is to teach our children our religious beliefs and NOT have those religious beliefs directly contradicted when they go to school.
This is a massive win for us on the right in this second American civil war because the left has used our education system as their own indoctrination system for decades. They have now lost of one their many nefarious tools for turning children against the faith of their forefathers.
Praise God.