Baptist News Global: Religious liberty groups oppose federal school voucher plan

And it would provide tax cuts to the wealthy by enabling them to make contributions to organizations established to underwrite private K-12 education, according to religious groups including Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Alliance of Baptists, Interfaith Alliance and Pastors for Children, who warned leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee in a May 12 letter.

“This would essentially create a direct transfer of taxpayer funds away from the public trust and into private schools,” the letter says. “The only people who win in this scenario are wealthy, sophisticated investors who would make money while our students lose.”

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