I am speaking at the First Amendment Museum on Thursday, October 6, at 6:30 on the Supreme Court’s decision to all but force Maine to pay for religious education.

When the Supreme Court ruled on Casey vs. Makin in June of this year, a decision that all but forces Maine to pay for religious education, I applied my research skills to investigate the consequences of that decision. It’s not pretty.

The purpose of this talk is to let you know I discovered requiring Maine to use public taxes for religious education has the following consequences:

1 – Deciding to pay or not to pay for religious instruction will put Maine in a bind.

2 – Maine has no financial oversight of the $56 M it already spends annually on private schools.

3 – Paying for students currently enrolled in private religious schools, an enrollment that is likely to increase, will put a growing financial burden on the state.

4 – You, the voter, can elect politicians who will protect your constitutional rights from the Supreme Court.