Betsy DeVos clears hurdle in early morning Senate vote

[IndependentProfessor]

[IndependentProfessor]

The DOE was only made a Cabinet-level department in 1980. Up until then (largely) it was a minor sub-office within other various departments. I wouldn't be too upset letting it go the way of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

[The Comrade]

[IndependentProfessor]

[The Comrade]

And just because it applies to one in your narrow hypothetical doesn't mean it should apply to another. Your reasoning is flawed from the start. I figured it was obvious.

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[Spider]

No. Receiving medical care from a religious institution is entirely different from indoctrinating innocent children in a religious institution. Or failing to educate them because history and science and mathematics don't mesh well with their ancient beliefs.

The Jesus hospital can fix up my kid's broken leg. The Jesus school won't get anywhere hear him.

The only exceptions would be schools where the curriculum and methods are entirely independent from the religiosity of the institution. But even that is stretching, considering that the other students are more likely to have been raised within that sort of agenda.

Religion and caring for the sick are kind of a natural fit. Religion combined with education is just about the most dangerous thing mankind has devised.

[Gremlin]

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[The Comrade]

you mean the terrible university that does exactly as you describe? it's an academic backwater that is ranked one of the worst in the country.