Florida Court Strikes Down State Funding of Religious Schools, Cites Blaine Amendment. (Voucher Victory!)

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A court in Florida has declared the state's voucher law unconstitutional, calling it a clear violation of a section of the Florida Constitution that bars the diversion of tax money to religious schools.

In an Aug. 5 ruling in a case brought by Americans United and its allies, Circuit Judge P. Kevin Davey of the Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, found that the Florida Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) violates Article I, Section 3 of the Florida Constitution. That provision states, "No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect or religious …