Vouchers and School Choice - No Need to Separate Church and State Essay

School Choice No Need to Separate Church and State    Imagine that the fire department decided non to put out fires at synagogues and churches.  Or imagine that the police decided not to answer calls from synagogues and churches.  So sorry, they say, theres a wall of separation around your church, and we cant vex it to help you.  Hire your own fire protection and your own security guards. This would rightly be seen as outrageous discrimination.  Sure, the government shouldnt specially favor spectral institutions, but the government shouldnt discriminate against them, either.  The government should separate itself from religion by not caring whether a person or institution is ghostlike -- by treating everyone equally regardless of their religious affiliation.                 The same is true of study, which is for many people the most valuable benefit that the state provides.  The governme nt shouldnt give more benefits to religious school students than it gives to students at secular schools, whether government-run or private.  But why must it give anything less?                 The First Amendment doesnt require such discrimination against religion it barely bars laws respecting an establishment of religion.  Equal treatment of everyone, without regard to religion, is not an establishment of religion.  This is why the GI Bill, which let soldiers choose either a religious education or a secular one, was perfectly constitutional.  Its why the government may give scholarships or student loans to al... ... voters can decide to help all children, without severalize against those whose parents choose a religious education.                 My parents sent me to secular schools.  If I have children, Ill probably send them to secular school s, too.  But I know others have a different preference.  They pay their taxes just like I do.  The government may provide services for these peoples kids on the same terms as it provides services for my kids.                 Thats the true meaning of the Constitution, whether were talking about police services, the fire department, the GI Bill, or elementary schools.  Equality for all.  Special benefits for none.  Discrimination against none.