Tennessee Republican lawmakers all for school vouchers until they realize that Islamic schools can apply for them as well. Uh oh!

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are threatening to block Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s school voucher bill over fears that Muslim schools could receive funding. 

The Knoxville News Sentinel reported on Monday that Haslam hinted that he would withdraw his bill after objections from Republican lawmakers that it was not broad enough and that the vouchers could be used by Islamic schools. 

Over the weekend, state Sen. Jim Tracy (R) had told The Murfreesboro Post that he had “considerable concern” that tax dollars could go to schools that teach principles from the Quran. 

Tracy, who is on the Senate Education Committee and identifies himself as a member of the Church of Christ, insisted that Islamic school funding was an “an issue we must address” before the voucher bill can go forward. 

“I don’t know whether we can simply amend the bill in such a way that will fix the issue at this point,” he said. 

On Monday, Tracy told the News Sentinel that his staff had determined that there was at least one Muslim-oriented school — Pleasant View School in Memphis — that would be eligible for vouchers under the governor’s plan. 

And state Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R) worried that an attempt by Sen. Brian Kelsey (R) to broaden Haslam’s bill from the bottom 5 percent of schools to every school in the state would only make more tax dollars available to Islamic educators.

So to be clear, schools that ignore science and indoctrinate your children into the Christian religion are fine, but if they ignore science and indoctrinate your children into Islam? Not so much!

"I don’t know whether we can simply amend the bill in such a way that will fix the issue at this point." Not without exposing your agenda to the world, and stomping on the Muslim communities 1st Amendment rights you can't.

These morons simply did not think through their plan to undermine the public school system and implement a plan to indoctrinate children. If they push through this voucher system they may soon have Islamic schools, Hindu schools, and even Scientology schools, vying for their state dollars.

But if they amend the program to block those other faiths from being able to participate they invite criticism, and undoubtedly very expensive lawsuits, which would most likely undermine the e3ntire program.

Damn I love karma!