When it comes to schools, church-and-state separation isn’t the clear line we like to think it is. New Jersey gives money to parochial schools for busing, textbooks, nurses and special education. Students get government aid to attend religious schools. And many people support vouchers, which would pay private-school tuition for kids leaving failing public schools.
Similarly, the current debate over state grants to church-run schools isn’t clear-cut. But this is a good starting point: Tax dollars shouldn’t go to schools that discriminate on religious grounds.