BM>  Voucher aid to private religious schools violates the constitutional
BM> separation of church and state, a Wisconsin state court has held.
BM>  In an Aug. 15 ruling, Dane County Circuit Judge Paul Higginbotham 
BM> rejected
BM> a
BM> request to begin a voucher program approved by the legislature that 
BM> would 
BM> pay
BM> for tuition at religious schools.  "This is a tremendous victory for
BM> church-state
BM> separation and public schools," said Barry Lynn, executive director 
BM> of
BM> Americans United for Separation of Church and State.  "This means 
BM> Wisconsin
BM> taxpayers will not be forced to pay for religious instruction."
    Likely _real_ outcome: the working-class parents who were grateful that 
the vouchers had given them the opportunity for their kids to go to better 
schools (that they otherwise couldn't afford) will no longer support tax 
referendums or higher public school spending, so that they will have as much 
of their own money as possible to afford parochial school.
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