"The Christian Nationalist playbook for undermining public education"

December 22, 2024 10:29 AM

In an unprecedented move (ProPublica), Ohio is funding the expansion of private, religious schools (WOSU). Nonprofit announces investigation (Columbus Dispatch).
posted by box (12 comments total)

These fucking people.
posted by wenestvedt at 10:36 AM on December 22 [3 favorites]

Christ, what an asshole?
posted by Lemkin at 10:55 AM on December 22

At Satanic Temple headquarters, the Baphomet phone begins to ring.
posted by mittens at 10:58 AM on December 22 [16 favorites]

What happens when gods are indistinguishable from demons.
posted by Brian B. at 11:20 AM on December 22

oh goody. next they will bring back corporal punishment. and any sexual abuse allegations will never even get a hearing.
posted by supermedusa at 11:35 AM on December 22 [1 favorite]

Some Christians just can't shake the idea and practice of theocracy.
posted by doctornemo at 11:45 AM on December 22 [3 favorites]

Mrs. Husk teaches high school biology. She includes the realities of sex and gender in her classes along with evolution.

I'm glad she's working on her doctorate so she can move on from teaching if she needs to. I don't think Ohio is going to be a safe place for her to continue her work for much longer. Hell, considering the high number of LGBTQ kids in our school who we are protective of, I don't think the school itself is going to be safe.
posted by charred husk at 11:45 AM on December 22 [2 favorites]

I fully expect these theocratic molesters of dead pigs to find a way to somehow decanonize Jefferson from their worship of the “Founding Fathers” The concept of “separation of church and state” is one they obviously hate.

Ohio’s gone downhill fast, and it makes me worries about the madness spreading farther as fast. How long until they try for New Jersey or New York or Massachusetts or Washington? How long until they push for the full Gilead?

How do we push back?
posted by mephron at 12:07 PM on December 22

Not sure which is worse: this plan or Arizona's teacherless AI school:

The state's charter school board approved an application on Monday from Unbound Academy to open a school with a two-hour per day academic curriculum set by AI.

posted by autopilot at 12:19 PM on December 22 [3 favorites]

We are hitting "interesting times" unfortunately.

We push back by...
(Yeah, I don't have an answer for that)

We #Resist. We file lawsuits. We protest. We... do anything we can...

We do what we can to help our communities? And ignore the hate? Be the Helpers that people can look to.
posted by Windopaene at 12:51 PM on December 22 [2 favorites]

This is not about religion or Christianity, the point is funneling tax dollars to private companies. The Christian branding (and it is just that, branding) on the schools is to provide an air of legitimacy and allow for low standards.
posted by kzin602 at 1:41 PM on December 22 [5 favorites]

I *told* you this was going to suck.
posted by theora55 at 2:29 PM on December 22