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Direct linkAlexander, Kern – Journal of Education Finance, 2008
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for a plurality of the Court in "Mitchell v. Helms" in 2000, advanced the idea that state constitutional prohibitions against public funding of religious schools were manifestations of anti-Catholic bigotry in the late 19th century. Thomas's reading of history and law led him to believe…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Protestants, Catholics, Nationalism
Public Financing of Religious Schools: James G. Blaine and Justice Clarence Thomas' "Bigotry Thesis"
Download full textAlexander, Kern – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas writing for a plurality of the Court in "Mitchell v. Helms" in 2000 advanced the idea that state constitutional prohibitions against public funding of religious schools were manifestations of anti-Catholic bigotry in the late 19th century. Thomas' reading of history and law led him to…
Descriptors: Public Support, Financial Support, Parochial Schools, Educational Finance
