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Controversy Over Religious Education in FL

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    Will taxpayers be forced to pick up the bill?

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Yeah hey patty and almost every one believes discriminating on the basis of religion is wrong.

But does that mean taxpayers should have to pay for someone else's religious education.

One rabbi in Florida says no.

-- who -- -- in the rough coming in Mazar rabbi -- Shapiro believes in religious education what you don't believe in is paying for someone else's religious education it exactly nor should anyone be forced.

Into paying for someone else's religious education and that's exactly what he says everyone here will be forced to do -- Florida passes the so called religious freedom amendment.

Shapiro claims the ballot measure is a smokescreen.

Designed solely to skirt a -- -- taxpayer funded.

Religious education.

Now it's called religious freedom -- you say it will lead to government paying for religious services and ultimately Muslims will be paying for Catholic education Catholics will be paying for -- education.

Hindus will be paying to educate Buddhist.

He says Florida should play no role at all in religious education.

Steve pre court disagrees.

Calling -- discriminatory.

It's discriminatory because those faith based organizations are not allowed to compete.

I'm a level playing field record is the state -- announced.

Folks meant for the yes on eight campaign.

He says education is a marketplace.

And that religious schools need to be treated the same as nonreligious schools -- Be telling a group that just because your faith based organizations.

You cannot participate in the market supporters of this amendment say you are discriminating.

Against religious groups barring them.

From doing what non religious groups can do yeah that's because we have separation of church and state in this country.

He says secular groups can use tax dollars but religious groups need to be kept separate.

That's it from your caddie and back to -- -- Douglas Kennedy thank you.

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