Catholicphobia: 37 states have blatantly anti-Catholic ‘Blaine Amendments’

As a Catholic I was astounded that 37 states, including my home state of Florida, are Catholicphobic. This revelation was about how many states have codified into law Blaine Amendments.

The Blaine Amendment refers to the constitutional amendment proposed on December 14, 1875, by Rep. James G. Blaine (1830-1893) of Maine in reaction to efforts by religious groups, mainly the Catholic Church, to establish parochial schools with public funding. President Ulysses S. Grant had suggested, in his final annual address to the United States Congress in December of 1875, that an amendment be proposed “making it the duty of each of the several States to establish and forever maintain free public schools adequate to the education of all of the children” and “prohibiting the granting of any school funds, or school taxes . . . for the benefit of or in aid . . . of any religious sect or denomination.”

The Loop from CatholicVote reports:

Did you know that there are 37 states with blatantly anti-Catholic Amendments called “Blaine Amendments,” which prohibit many forms of educational funding from going to Catholic schools? There’s a new Supreme Court case which might finally rule that those discriminatory laws are unconstitutional.

Watch and learn more from Andrea Picciotti-Bayer about Blain Amendments.

©Dr. Rich Swier. All rights reserved.

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