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School Vouchers, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Williams, and Protecting the Faithful: Warnings from the Eighteenth Century and the Seventeenth Century on the Danger of Establishments to Religious Communities
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Brigham Young University Law Review
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March 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright Brigham Young University, Reuben Clark Law School 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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I. INTRODUCTION
The State of Utah just dodged a bullet-an alleged silver bullet that was to cure the "problems" of public education. By an overwhelming vote, the people of Utah voted down the proposed school vouchers bill.1 Patrick Byrne, the key supporter of the lawwho spent millions of his own and his family's money on the referendum-complained that the landslide defeat of the bill showed that voters in Utah "don't care enough about their kids."2
But whether the debate in Utah (or elsewhere) over school vouchers is even about quality education-about whether parents "care enough about their kids"-is an open question. Most enthusiasm for school vouchers comes from supporters of parochial ...
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