| Re: What does it mean to be a "christian nation"
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Originally Posted by galenrox  And what of education? Are they still forced to pay tuition to secular schools?
The requirement of religious people to pay tuitions at secular schools without regard for whether they intend to attend. | No one pays "tuition" to public schools. Do you mean taxes? If so, taxes are paid by everyone regardless of religion, regardless of whether you have children enrolled. It is a benefit to the whole of society to have an educated populace, therefore public schools must be supported by everyone whether or not you use them. You must also pay for public highways whether or not you personally drive on them. You must also pay for public parks and public swimming pools and public nature reserves whether or not you personally enjoy them. You don't get a refund from government because you decide to pay for a private school for your children, just as you don't get a refund from government when you decide to drive on a toll road instead of a free highway, or build your own swimming pool instead of using the public one.
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