Here's where my ignorance of the full issue becomes apparent.
1. Is the grant available for playground resurfacing (meet safety requirements), or is it a general school grant that the preschool said they wanted to use for playground resurfacing?
If this grant is pointed towards meeting current safety requirements, then I'm in support of the SC decision. If it's just a general grant for schools, I have more questions.
Thanks for the specifics.
I read through the grant specifics. It seems that there is nothing in the language prohibiting a religious organization from applying for the grant. The money is to be used ONLY for the playground. Any leftover money is to be returned to the state.
At this point, I still don't see Missouri's case.
From the DNR website, I looked at the recipients from 2014's grant. I see Christian Chapel Academy, Heartland Tabernacle, First Baptist Church, Bourbon Seventh Day Adventist School, Tri-County Christian School, St. Francis Preschool, St. Peter's School, First Christian Church, and a few others that could be religious organizations, but I'm not sure. What this tells me is that maybe this isn't about religion, and maybe people are reading too much into this Supreme Court decision (including one Supreme Court Justice).
All of this said... I will say that I am not Christian, or any religion. I just don't see why this case needed to go all the way to the Supreme Court.
Huh. To me, if it’s about safety then you’re not using recycled tires for playgrounds anyway. Regardless of whether there’s some pretense that flammable, cut up, old vulcanized rubber tires are something we need to make a bigger part of everybody’s childhood, for ‘safety’ reasons, what seems critical here is legally requiring states to fund religion.
The safety angle is important to me because if that's the driver behind this grant, I feel it should be open to any playground accessible to more than two families. It shouldn't matter whether or not it's at a church/mosque, neighborhood, hospital, daycare, public school, nunnery, etc.
Regarding recycled tire playgrounds, I think we should wait until this study is completed before assessing the safety. (Also, if this is a safety grant, it shouldn't be granted until that study is completed.)
Yeah, I'm sure Trump's crack science teams are working day in and day out to put the teeth in "watchdog" agencies like the EPA. Because who would side with tire fire tycoons over the kids, right? Give me a fucking break. "Study" my ass.
Forgive me if I seemed mad at you. It’s just that I’m not entirely sure we should be expecting either scrupulous science or courageous policy from the Trump Administration.
Here's where my ignorance of the full issue becomes apparent.
1. Is the grant available for playground resurfacing (meet safety requirements), or is it a general school grant that the preschool said they wanted to use for playground resurfacing?
If this grant is pointed towards meeting current safety requirements, then I'm in support of the SC decision. If it's just a general grant for schools, I have more questions.
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Huh. To me, if it’s about safety then you’re not using recycled tires for playgrounds anyway. Regardless of whether there’s some pretense that flammable, cut up, old vulcanized rubber tires are something we need to make a bigger part of everybody’s childhood, for ‘safety’ reasons, what seems critical here is legally requiring states to fund religion.
The safety angle is important to me because if that's the driver behind this grant, I feel it should be open to any playground accessible to more than two families. It shouldn't matter whether or not it's at a church/mosque, neighborhood, hospital, daycare, public school, nunnery, etc.
Regarding recycled tire playgrounds, I think we should wait until this study is completed before assessing the safety. (Also, if this is a safety grant, it shouldn't be granted until that study is completed.)
Yeah, I'm sure Trump's crack science teams are working day in and day out to put the teeth in "watchdog" agencies like the EPA. Because who would side with tire fire tycoons over the kids, right? Give me a fucking break. "Study" my ass.
woah now... I'm not trying to make you angry!
Forgive me if I seemed mad at you. It’s just that I’m not entirely sure we should be expecting either scrupulous science or courageous policy from the Trump Administration.