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Bigotry trips up GOP voucher plans...

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600706-bigotry-trips-up-gop-voucher-plans

Apparently, the Republican state lawmaker thought "religious" meant "Christian," and when Hodges learned that public funds might also go to Muslim schools, she balked. Hodges wanted taxpayer funding for religions she likes, not religions she doesn't like.

This year, this same dynamic is unfolding again, this time in Tennessee, where a plan to transfer taxpayer money to religious academies is running into trouble as GOP lawmakers slowly realize that all religions will be eligible for public funds...


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