This sounds like a great idea!

[kandrathe]

I am fine with people believing in God but I am not fine with my government subsidizing religious elementary and high schools. (for example)

We can agree that the majority of schools in the US are publicly run, and entirely government subsidized? What if any non-government run school, uniform in curricular outcome wanted some government subsidies? Is not the same rationale for funding public government run schools the same as for subsidizing any school?

The only difference is that some non-government run schools teach additional things, like STEM emphasis, or performing arts, or religious studies. But, they are highly scrutinized to ensure the same or better curricular outcomes.

I don't understand why so many independence minded in the US are willing to tolerate the near complete government monopoly on education.

Everybody should be treated the same, but sadly atheists are discriminated almost everywhere, christians are discriminated in Muslim countries and muslims are discriminated in Christian countries.

Craig Hicks claimed he wanted "equality" as well, but I believe his actions were also biased against religious people.

I was thinking more about the situation in the Netherlands. In the beginning of the 20th century we got public schools with religious grounds.

Funny story....the socialists wanted to have voting rights for women and they could finally trade it off with teh christians.......the christians only would allow voting rights for women if they could have their christian schools subsidized by the state just like the neutral schools.
(this tory actually says it all to me)

It says much about the Netherlands in 1919. Verzuiling was and is a horrible idea. As much as I dislike the US party system, it at least forces one to compromise between bad and worse.