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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

The un-separation of church and state

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Npr, Daily, Talk Show

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In decisions involving state funding for religious schools and prayer on a high school football field the conservative majority on the Supreme Court says it is defending religious liberty. But for some, that seems more like an attack.

Linda Greenhouse and Michael McConnell join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.

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I'm Kimberly Atkins-Store in for Magna Chakrabardi.

0:27.0

And this is on point.

0:29.0

On June 21, the Supreme Court ruled

0:31.6

that a main state program that provides private school

0:34.6

tuition payments for students in towns

0:37.2

that don't have public schools cannot exclude religious schools,

0:41.5

enabling taxpayer dollars to be spent on religious education.

0:45.5

Less than a week later, the court ruled

0:47.6

in favor of a Washington High School football coach

0:50.7

who would kneel and lead prayers on the field

0:53.0

before and after games.

0:55.0

Two decisions that, some say, shrink

0:57.5

the separation of church and state

0:59.4

and recalibrate the balance between Americans

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