Ick!
The Secular Society Gets Religion
About how religion is increasingly intruding on secular life.

A Gallup Poll last year, for instance, showed that 82 percent of Americans thought of themselves as Christians, 10 percent belonged to other faiths and 8 percent were atheists or agnostics, Professor Heclo said. But they also said no dogma, religious creed or denominational commitment guided their beliefs. On the other hand, while majorities were willing to support a black, Jewish, female or gay presidential candidate, only 48 percent said they would vote for an atheist.

Almost all of which I find very disagreeable. However, I've got to disagree with the woman who says, "Vouchers are about government support for religion." OK, plenty of religionists support them, but that's not the whole story about vouchers. After all, as the Economist argued, "introducing choice should force all schools, even the worst, to get better." And,

In the longer term, vouchers should make America's independent schools less heavily religious, by encouraging private companies to move into the education market and open more secular institutions. Encouragement is what they need. Although America has an advanced network of private companies investing in education, they cannot yet make money.

Of course, anybody making money is anathema to those who believe that corporations are fundamentally evil.

On the other hand, look at what can happen even in public schools: Georgia School Board Requires Balance of Evolution and Bible